Football BlogWebjamatom@webjam.comen7b372c26-5e0c-4ce6-b814-19d80774a742Javier to stay at Liverpool?29-Jan-2008 Rafa Benitez is hopeful a deal to keep Javier Mascherano at the club can be concluded in the coming days. The Argentine is currently on an 18-month deal at Anfield, though both he and Benitez have repeatedly expressed the desire to make the move permanent.
 
Benitez said: "It is progressing. Rick Parry has been working on this and Momo Sissoko.
 
"We are working hard on Mascherano and maybe we can say something positive in a few days.
 
"Really, we don't need to do anything because the player is already with us, it's just got to be finished. If we can finish it now, that would be perfect.
 
"He is here already and if we don't do anything he can still play for us. But he wants to stay."
 
The transfer of Sissoko to Juventus was completed this afternoon, and Benitez added: "I think it's a good move for Momo and for us. He is a very good professional and a nice boy. He wanted to play and it's difficult here with Lucas and Mascherano playing well now, and Xabi Alonso and Gerrard.
 
"Everything has been positive. We have four players in this position so it's good for him and good for us."
 
Meanwhile, Alvaro Arbeloa, Daniel Agger and Andriy Voronin remain Liverpool's only injury concerns ahead of Wednesday's trip to Upton Park. ]]>Publishede07aabd1-9387-4afd-8f0d-e6ebba34635fThe history of Liverpool FC29-Jan-2008If it wasn't for one man, Liverpool Football Club would never have been born. When Everton left Anfield in a dispute over rent in 1892, club chairman John Houlding stayed behind along with a handful of supporters and just three first-team players. But he was determined to see football continue at the ground. He formed a new club from scratch, chose the name Liverpool… and created a legend.

Even John Houlding couldn't have predicted how successful it would become. More than 100 years on, no English club can match the LiverpoolFC roll of honour; League Champions 18 times, FA Cup winners seven times, League Cup winners seven times, European Cup winners five times and UEFA Cup winners three times.

When it is completed, the History channel will chart the rise and rise of Liverpool FC to the very summit of the England game, from the struggles of the early years right up to Gerard Houllier's historic treble in 2001. This channel will recall glorious domestic victories and European triumphs and reflect on the tragedies of Heysel and Hillsborough.

We've focused on 10 key dates in Liverpool Football Club's history to begin with but over time, we'll have over 100 chapters in this section alone as we present the ultimate history of England's greatest ever football club. This is a story of incredible passion and pride - a story that not only inspires Liverpool fans but football supporters the world over.

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