Juan Manuel Vargas (Fiorentina)

Liverpool fighting for €20m Vargas
19th May 2011 - Transfer Gossip 
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Liverpool will have to fight off stiff competition to sign Fiorentina's Juan Manuel Vargas after his agent revealed "there is a lot of interest" in the wing-back.


Vargas is reported to be high on Liverpool's summer shopping list and director of football Damien Comolli is willing to spend up to €20 million to bring the player to Anfield.

The versatile Peru international can fill in at full-back or on the wing, both of which are positions that need strengthening at Liverpool.

Real Madrid, Barcelona, and Juventus have all been linked to the 27-year-old and his agent, Jorge Cyterszpiler, has confirmed there are a number of clubs chasing Vargas' signature.

"Fiorentina are a great club but there are many teams interested in Juan," Cyterszpiler told Sky Italia. "We'll see if some agreement is reached, if this does not happen, Juan will happily stay at Fiorentina. We are still waiting to see what happens."

Vargas would prefer to join Real Madrid but the prospect of regular first-team football could tempt the player to join Kenny Dalglish's side.

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Bit expensive is he not

Bit old as well perhaps for FSG philosophy.

Bit old as well perhaps for FSG philosophy.

Yup, he is 27 ... Definitely too old for this LFC team ...

To me, this sounds like his agent is trying to run up the price of him so that he can get a bigger commission from his transfer.  Also, if there are "many clubs interested in him" then he will have a better chance at negotiating for a ludicrous salary like most footballers want these days. 

I have my doubts that we are seriously looking at a player who at 27 has no experience in England, and would cost 20 million.... He has little to no sell on value, and it would be hit or miss as to whether he could adapt to the English game.  If he was priced closer to 10 million then I'd say he is well worth a punt, but not at 20 million. 

Can I just say... No thanks.
Too old and too expensive.
No way he fits the youthful influx I expect we'll see under FSG

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t4Sy2jTt69Y&feature=related

Yes and no. In 4/5 years Robinson will be ready to take over as Vargas declines so i don't see his age as a problem.

However he is suspect at the back. He got used as a left winger more than anything.

Yup, he is 27 ... Definitely too old for this LFC team ...

for the rumored amount id say yea he is

for the rumored amount id say yea he is

I've thought that the money are no longer an issue at LFC, as long as the player is top quality ...

Agent talk if you ask me, trying to talk his client up and invite bids, nothing more and nothing less.

Reminds me of Lavezzi's agent.

KD siad he would bring in better than what we got, so not going to happen!

I only seen him play a couple of time so I really don't know how good he is. I know many people seem to rate him in Serie A. A left footed fullback with good pace is pretty much what we need to improve this team.

Reds linked with Viola ace

The Reds have been linked with highly-rated Fiorentina wing-back Juan Manuel Vargas.

Italy's Gazzetta dello Sport have said the Peruvian is likely to be playing his trade away from La Viola's Artemio Franchi stadium next season with Liverpool, Manchester City and Zenit St Petersburg all said to be interested.

http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/liverpool-fc/liverpool-fc-news/2011/05/26/liverpool-fc-rumour-mill-reds-eye-toon-duo-viola-ace-linked-lfc-and-man-utd-in-ndinga-battle-100252-28769832/2/

Winger can leave for €15M

13th June 2011
by David Tully

According to ''La Nazione'', Fiorentina are ready to sell winger/wing back Juan Manuel Vargas. The 27 year old has been linked to moves to Liverpool and Real Madrid in the Italian press since the end of the season and the Italian club are apparently willing to do business at €15million. The Peruvian international, joined the Viola from Catania in 2008, and can play in a variety of positions including left wing, left back and central midfield.

http://live4liverpool.com/2011/06/view-from-the-kop/italian-press-winger-can-leave-for-e15m

 No ta.

In honesty, rather Vargas on our left wing than Downing for 15m. I'd take that most definitely.

In honesty, rather Vargas on our left wing than Downing for 15m. I'd take that most definitely.

Definitely ... And the fact that Vargas can also play at left back also works in his favor ... Would be a better option than Downing, at the same price ...

Don't even mention him as a left back.

Don't even mention him as a left back.

He was not bad at left back, when he was playing there at Catania ... More of a wing-back, to be honest, but he could be awesome there in a 3-5-2 ...

He was not bad at left back, when he was playing there at Catania ... More of a wing-back, to be honest, but he could be awesome there in a 3-5-2 ...

He was not even close to 'not bad'. He was sh*te for Catania at left back, thats why they shifted him forward and added another midfielder to cover for him.

He was not even close to 'not bad'. He was sh*te for Catania at left back, thats why they shifted him forward and added another midfielder to cover for him.

When they've played 4-3-3, he's looked average and exposed... Once they've moved to 3-4-3, he's looked much better ... Personally, I would be intrigued at the prospect of Johnson and Vargas as our attacking fullbacks, against teams that park the bus at Anfield ...

Yeah great, lets shift our whole formation to suit a player who is untried in the prem, is 27 yr old, would cost as much as Enrique, and is not very good defensively  you build a formation around your best players and their strengths.

Well, from what I have seen of Kenny, since he's returned in January, he's tried 6 or 7 different formations, depending on the opponents ... He will eventually find the fixed formation, and build it around the right players, but we are probably very far from that moment ... In the meantime, having versatile and quality players on the team will be a huge positive ...