Wednesday, October 06, 2010

John Barnes Predicts A Premier League Top Six Finish

Liverpool legend John Barnes believes that the club can recover to finish in the top six in the Premier League.

The Reds have had a dreary start to the season, winning only one of their seven league games to date. And the recent defeat to Blackpool also saw them being condemned to a spot in the bottom three.

But the 46-year-old believes that the gap that separates the club from a place in the top six is one that is surmountable.

"If you look at the Premier League now for example, we all thought that Chelsea were going to run away with it with Arsenal and Manchester United," Barnes said, according to The Mirror.

"So the fact that Liverpool are now third from bottom, they are four or five points from fifth spot, I have no fears that Liverpool will be in the top six."

Concerning the pressure on individual players, Barnes insists that the arrival of Joe Cole and Raul Meireles will soon lift the burden off the shoulders of Steven Gerrard and Fernando Torres.

He said: "I'm excited for Liverpool because I think in the last three years the creative onus has been on Gerrard and Torres but with Joe Cole coming to the team and Meireles I think once they bed in they will improve.

"The exciting thing for me is they were able to get the quality of Cole and Meireles when normally you would think that they aren't going to be able to get players of those qualities, so that looks good for Liverpool.

"And hopefully if the ownership changes and they get some money in. But it's [going to] take time."

Recent developments concerning the ownership saga has seen a boardroom battle erupt at Liverpool, with the American owners trying to prevent the sale of the club.

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