Maschereno Cleared To Play

Nice to see that Javier Maschereno has been given the nod, finally, to play for Liverpool. The Premier League today gave the nod for Maschereno’s appearance in a Liverpool jersey - possibly coming as early as tomorrow night against Barcelona.

From BBC News and a statment on the club’s site -

The Premier League is satisfied that the contractual arrangements proposed by Liverpool FC are consistent with its rules; particularly that the relationship between club and player is not subject to third-party influence

Happy days. Only took the guts of three weeks to get sorted but looking back at January now its been a long three weeks. The FA Cup weekend gave Liverpool a nice quiet break so hopefully Maschereno has been giving socks in training, sure enough he has. Fact is, he’s also out in Spain with the team at the moment and Benitez would have “no qualms” about playing him tomorrow night against Barca. Whether he does or not remains to be seen but at least the first major hurdle is over and he can start playing, the next is to hold onto him and help him live up to his South American potential.

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