fact: kewell is a better player than pederson, downing or any left sided midfielder we can afford... bar D.Silva
my team for next season would look something like this... now with the whole rafa thing worked out... made some changes to my initial lineup..
Reina (carson)
D.Alves (finnan) Carragher (Arbeloa) Agger (Millito?) Riise (aurelio)
Pennant (Garcia/Gerrard) Mascherano/Alonso Silva (Kewell)
Gerrard (lucas)
Kuyt (Voronin) XXX (Crouch)
XXX could be any of Owen, Villa, Torres, Tevez....etc
i do realize that we need 2 quality strikers but as is (crouch and Kuyt not leaving), i dont see rafa paying out for 2 world class strikers this season... maybe one if we are lucky but i wouldnt bet on getting 2 class strikers..
reports seem to suggest millito and alvez are close to agreeing deals with liverpool and we obviously need a left midfielder since qonzales and zenden are bound to leave... we might as well get a class LM rather than getting a cheap backup for kewell and risk him underperforming if kewell is injured....