Seven more Reds in World Cup plans

12th May 2010 - Latest News

Seven more Liverpool players can make provisional plans for a summer in South Africa after being named in their World Cup squads.

Following confirmation that Steven Gerrard, Jamie Carragher and Glen Johnson are  in the 30-man England squad and that Pepe Reina and Fernando Torres are South Africa bound with Spain, several more Reds' stars have now made it into their nations plans for the competition.

Argentina coach Diego Maradona has called on both Javier Mascherano and Maxi Rodriguez in his provisional squad, which will have to be trimmed to 23 names by June 1.

Dutch duo Dirk Kuyt and Ryan Babel have been called up by coach Bert Van Marwijk while Daniel Agger is in a provisional 26-man Danish squad.

Greek defender Sotirios Kyrgiakos has been named in the Greek squad and fellow defender Martin Skrtel, despite not playing since February, is in Slovakia's provisional 29-man party.

Author: Paul Eaton
Tagged: agger , babel , kuyt , kyrgiakos , mascherano , rodriguez , skrtel. , world cup



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Good luck to all of you
KNana
12th May 2010 9:10
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