There has been a lot of talk of Alberto Aquilani being a dud at Anfield. Frankly, I don’t find this assessment fair as the lad has barely gotten a chance to show us what he has got. He was brought here by Benitez to succeed Alonso and that itself posed immense pressure and garnered tremendous expectations from the fans. First off I don’t think we can ever replace Alonso and second, Aquilani never fully got to settle with us. Half of his first season with us was spent being injured and when he did come back he had that one tremendous game at Portsmouth. Last season he was shipped away on loan to Juventus by Hodgson and Purslow. I don’t think the Hodge was even aware of Aquilani, let alone rate him, He was tremendous in Juventus and instrumental in their return to the European scene. 
I am glad he is back with us now and have indicated that he wants to stay and play at Anfield. He is been on fine form in the pre season and I am relishing of his quick pass-and-play mentality especially with Luis Suarez. They both have such fast thinking football minds. I remember watching that night against Portsmouth at Anfield, he was 3 moves ahead of everyone, he didn't have enough class around him at the time. I hope he stays as I know he will go on to be one of our important players this season.
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