Liverpool's dead weights

Many Liverpool fans will welcome the addition of Charlie Adam, though a few will still question his worth and are skeptical about expecting too much from the Scottish International. Rightfully so. He has only spent a year in the top flight and needs more time before we can fully assess his potentials. Regardless, he was a monster for Blackpool this past campaign, a proven set-piece expert with a deadly left foot.

However, bringing in players such as Adam and hopefully, Downing is really not Liverpool's problem. The main problem for the 18 time winners is actually getting rid of the dead weights that are clogging up the club. Liverpool have an abundance of 'average' players on the book -

1. Sotiris Kyrgiakos
2. Christian Poulsen
3. Milan Jovanovic
4. Joe Cole
5. David Ngog
6. Jonjo Shelvey
7. Alberto Aquilani
8. Fabio Aurielo.

 On paper, it seems like an exciting opportunity to leverage the listed players as trading assets, to acquire better players in the transfer market.. There's one one problem - nobody wants them!

Unless Liverpool figures out a way to ease the burden that these players are putting on payroll, they will find themselves in a very familiar position as in the last two seasons - outside the top 4!