Liverpool Could Sell Summer Signing Christian Poulsen In Jan

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Liverpool are ready to ditch Christian Poulsen just months after he signed for the club, Goal can reveal.

The Danish midfielder has failed to impress since his €5.2 million summer move from Juventus and could be on his way out of Anfield as soon as January.

New director of football strategy Damien Comolli does not believe Poulsen has a future at Liverpool and wants to bring in a younger replacement with more potential.

It is believed manager Roy Hodgson would back the sale of the former Sevilla star but only if an upgrade can be brought in as he is concerned by the small size of his squad.

Poulsen, 30, has lost his place in the Reds starting line-up over the last few weeks after a series of substandard performances at the start of the season.

He has seen his opportunities further restricted by the form of fellow central midfielders Lucas and Raul Meireles.

Comolli, the former sporting director at Tottenham, believes Poulsen is a symptom of the old regime at Anfield in which older players with limited ability were signed instead of potential stars.

Liverpool are yet to receive any interest in the Denmark international but expect to recoup most of their €5.2m outlay should he leave Anfield.

Poulsen was signed as a replacement for Javier Mascherano in central midfield following the Argentina captain's €24.3m summer switch to Barcelona.

The feeling at Anfield is that he was signed as a 'stop gap' when the club lacked the finances to invest heavily in a genuine replacement for Mascherano.

Poulsen was signed by Hodgson during the summer along with Joe Cole, Paul Konchesky, Milan Jovanovic and Raul Meireles.

But he has been the least impressive of the new recruits and drew criticism from Liverpool fans for poor defensive positioning and wayward passing during the club's dreadful start to the season.

Poulsen's last Premier League start came over a month ago in the 2-1 home defeat to Blackpool.

Bus&Soccer l0v3r (VO3x 1) SG

wth

muz be raul m and lucas play well

he no chance to play

Rock^Star SG

lucas was bought by benitez because he was the brazillian player of the year at gremio at one point....if im not wrong lol. Prestigious prize isnt it considering that his predecessors were the likes of robinho, romario and ronaldo.

Rooney9 SG

seem like roy continue what rafa has left off, buy rubbish buys.

Medicated Oil SG

Ah Roy was still operating under Hicks budget.

At lease this poulsen have played some game.

The milan guy is completely invisible and dun know whether he can play or not.

Ah Roy have to lan lan and let the spurs guy decide what he can have.

Hope this Comolli guy have get rid of all the rubbish players that Ah Ben have stock up in Anfield and bring in real promising players to Liverpool.

As for Ah Roy, if he were to stick to his chicken defensive tactics like last night, he will shipped out in Jan 2011 also.

JazzMyWorld SG

Wrong buy for Hodgson. Chinese New Year spring cleaning.

Time for some serious shopping during january. Hodgson needs a striker to complement Torres in front and alleviate the pressure on Torres scoring every game. A good buy would be Sergio Aguero from Athletico Madrid.