Boab 73 Posted June 18, 2008 Share Posted June 18, 2008 Italian Serie A club AS Roma have signed Norway defender John Arne Riise from Liverpool for £4m. According to Roma's website, the 27-year-old has signed a four-year deal after Liverpool had given them permission to discuss personal terms. Left-back Riise signed for Liverpool in 2001 and helped them to the FA Cup, League Cup and Champions League titles. Roma, who will play in the Champions League next season, have been targeting the versatile Norwegian for some time. Riise, who notched up over 300 appearances for Liverpool after moving to Anfield from Monaco in 2001, played second fiddle to Fabio Aurelio for much of last season after the Brazilian established himself as the club's first choice left-back. When Aurelio came off injured during last season's Champions semi-final first leg against Chelsea, Riise replaced him only to score an own goal in stoppage time. Last year, Riise was involved in an infamous spat with former team-mate Craig Bellamy after a karaoke night on a team bonding trip to Portugal. Bellamy was fined £80,000 by the club for his involvement and stated he had "lost control". http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/t...ool/7461405.stm Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
CanadianGer 1 Posted June 18, 2008 Share Posted June 18, 2008 Think Roma will be happy with that signing. IMO, Riise is a quality player and has a huge amount of experience, too. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
excoriate 0 Posted June 18, 2008 Share Posted June 18, 2008 £4million sounds like a bargain! Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluejeff 16 Posted June 18, 2008 Share Posted June 18, 2008 Lucky bassa's Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muff 245 Posted June 18, 2008 Share Posted June 18, 2008 For round about the same price as Kyle Lafferty will cost. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Stars Bearette 1 Posted June 19, 2008 Share Posted June 19, 2008 For round about the same price as Kyle Lafferty will cost. exactly as the bidding war is back on due to Gow not wanting to move....would have taken Riise for 4 mill immediately....pity Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueSuedeSambas 56,102 Posted June 19, 2008 Share Posted June 19, 2008 For round about the same price as Kyle Lafferty will cost. And then you have the 6 million worth of wages that he will earn over his four year contract to consider. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Newells Sexist Army 2 Posted June 19, 2008 Share Posted June 19, 2008 Ask Liverpool fans, they're delighted they got that kind of money for him. He's been shite and a liability defensively for about 2 years. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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