The transfer deadline day this summer has seen some shock moves for the big clubs. Raul Meireles has left it late after the Portuguese international midfielder handed in a transfer request on the eleventh hour to force his move to Chelsea.
The 28-year-old midfielder will not be featured heavily for Liverpool this season as the Reds are over-crowded in midfield area even with the departure of Christian Poulsen, Joe Cole and Albert Aquilani on deadline day. Charlie Adam, Jordan Henderson, Lucas Levia, Jay Spearing, Jonjo Shelvey and Steven Gerrard are ahead of him in the pecking order.
With the Euro 2012 next summer beckons, Meireles need to play regularly to gained his place in the Portugal’s selection. Chelsea new manager, André Villas-Boas has seen his quality, who managed him for three weeks at Porto last summer. The lure of linking up again with his former Porto manager André Villas-Boas would have been something that convinced Meireles into forcing through his move.
Even though, he was not transfer listed by Kenny Dalglish, but when Meireles handed in a transfer request it left Liverpool with very few options but to sell him.
Another possible reason behind Meireles sudden decision to leave Anfield was his salary review that FSG were reluctant to grant for player entering the age of late 20s. He has seen some rare actions for Liverpool from the bench in the last four matches but with Gerrard on the sideline. This question must be playing on his mind – What if Gerrard is back from injury? Will he get to start from the bench week in, week out again?
Dalglish and Liverpool are making the right decision in letting him go. The Reds recoup the £11.8million paid to Porto for Meireles last summer. Like Fernando Torres, there are no point in keeping an unhappy player in the team as it will affect the whole team confidence.
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The Anfield club delivered on all of their targets for deadline day, shifting Joe Cole, Christian Poulsen, David Ngog and Philipp Degen and re-signing Craig Bellamy after the Wales international was granted a free transfer by Manchester City. While Meireles never fell into the unwanted category under Kenny Dalglish, and Liverpool had been reluctant to trade with Chelsea, they were open to offers that would allow them to recoup the £11.8million paid to Porto for the 28-year-old.
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The heavily tattooed Portuguese midfielder has seemingly fallen out of favour with Dalglish – he only came on a substitute during last Saturday's 1-1 draw with Sunderland at Anfield – and, given the club's excessive collection of central players, is now available for transfer.
Technically Meireles was excellent. But aggressively he was lacking. Based on last season he won 38 tackles and lost 20. And in the English Premier League that’s not good enough.
Oyston revealed 11 days ago that he had held initial talks with the Anfield club, saying in The Gazette: "We've had a few very preliminary discussions and enquiries but nothing of any substance."
Meireles, 28, eventually enjoyed a successful first season in the premier league after a slow start. Helping Dalglish’s men gain a credible Premiership spot after a troubled spell under Roy Hodgson.
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