Carra reacts to Bellamy deal
Jamie Carragher hopes Liverpool will benefit from Craig Bellamy having unfinished business at the club.
Carragher believes the Welshman will be out to show his best form after being disappointed with how his first spell on Merseyside ended after just a year in 2007.
"It's a great signing," the vice-captain told Liverpoolfc.tv. "I kept in contact with him when he first left. The longer it goes the less contact you keep with former players so it'll be great to see him again.
"As a kid he always said he was a Liverpool fan and I think he was quite disappointed with how it finished, with how he left. He'd have liked to have done a lot better and hopefully this gives him the chance to do that.
"I don't know if it's a free transfer or whatever it may be, but for the last few years at Man City he has been excellent, not just as a striker but as a wide player. In the squad we've probably only got Stewart Downing as an out-and-out wide player. I think Craig prefers to play as a striker but he could certainly do that job for us."
Another of Liverpool's arrivals late in the transfer window was Sebastian Coates, a centre-back who impressed during the Copa America and who at 6ft 6 becomes the second tallest player in our history below Peter Crouch.
Carragher welcomes the additional competition.
"I haven't seen a lot of him - little bits of highlights from the Copa America," he said. "For Uruguay to win it was a great achievement with the other nations who were in it, and I think he got Young Player of the Tournament. That shows he's got great quality and I think it's going to be a great addition to the squad.
"You can't think of yourself, you have to think of the club. One centre-back went so we needed another. Time will tell how good the lad is but his pedigree looks fantastic.
"Also, it doesn't look too big a price when you look at some of the prices for defenders now."
While Carragher could be expected to offer advice to a player who doesn't turn 21 until next month, our veteran defender predicts he might be the one doing the learning.
"He's probably been brought up playing a different type of football than I have, a South American style - so maybe I can learn from him as well," said the 33-year-old.
"It's not always about the older players helping the younger - it can work vice versa. You're always learning from different people."
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Deadline day threw up genuine surprises around the division and for once lived up to the hyperbole of rolling news channels.
Some love the hype, others aren't so keen - so what are Carragher's feelings?
"It gets a bit of criticism from different people, the last day, but I think it's quite exciting, isn't it?" he said. "Everyone watches it. There were a few shocks, even from our point of view late on."