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Fabio aurelio to leave liverpool fc (#2236) on 25-05-2010 at 18:21:32
Fabio Aurelio to leave Liverpool FC
Fabio Aurelio
Fabio Aurelio will leave Liverpool FC next week after turning down the offer of a new pay-as-you-play deal, manager Rafa Benitez has confirmed.
The defender's Liverpool FC career has been littered with injuries and his final year was indicative of that.
Aurelio missed the start of the campaign after sustaining a freak knee problem while playing football with his children and a thigh problem at the end of February prematurely ended his season.
Because of his fitness record the club offered the 30-year-old a flexible deal based on the matches he played but Aurelio wanted the security of a more permanent arrangement and has chosen to end his four-year stay at Liverpool FC.
//"Fabio?s contract is nearly finished and he is going to leave us," said Benitez.
"We had been trying to work something out with regards an extension but it was a pity that we couldn?t.
"He has given us absolutely fantastic service. The one problem we had with Fabio was that he suffered too many injuries and it was such a pity because he has great quality."
Aurelio?s absence placed additional pressure on 21-year-old left-back Emiliano Insua as there were times when Benitez wanted to rest the player but had no other back up and, as a result, the Argentinian played 44 matches before he too succumbed to injury late in the season.
Benitez was sorry to see Aurelio leave as he had nothing but praise for the player he brought from former club Valencia on a free transfer in June 2006.
"With Fabio being out so much, it meant that we had to use Insua more than we would have liked and that was not easy for him," said Benitez.
"Fabio is a top professional, a great player and a really good lad.
"It has been a pleasure having him here and we really will miss him.
"You are talking about an amazing person who gave 100% all the time. We wish him all the best."
Fw: Fabio aurelio to leave liverpool fc (#2240) on 26-05-2010 at 11:06:16
Sorry to see him go "but he was always to injury prone right through out his career I wish him luck were ever he goes.
Fw: Fabio aurelio to leave liverpool fc (#2241) on 27-05-2010 at 06:34:23
I think he is an excellent player, but he has had far too many injuries.
But the fans are greatful to anybody who puts on the shirt and fights for the cause.
There is no doubt that he has played some brilliant games.
Once a red, always a red.
Good luck to him where ever he choses to play.
Fw: Fabio aurelio to leave liverpool fc (#2244) on 27-05-2010 at 14:36:24
He is an excellent player. I was glad when he came because he provided some bite in our free kicks department! I had always thought that we were lacking in that area. True Stevie could thunder a ball from distance but he still lacks the ability to perfectly bend the ball into the net. Being a Brazilian Aurelio definitely could do that! This he proved when he scored the goal at Old Trafford!
Unlucky for him his stay at Anfield was marked by injuries. I would like to wish him and his family all the best and to remind him that he will always have a home and plenty of friends among Liverpool fans from the world over!
Obrigado Aurelio! YNWA!
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