{"id":252811,"date":"2009-05-02T06:10:47","date_gmt":"2009-05-02T06:10:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ghana-mma.com\/xmlimport\/index.php\/2009\/05\/02\/liverpool-are-so-close-now-jason-mcateer\/"},"modified":"2009-05-02T06:10:47","modified_gmt":"2009-05-02T06:10:47","slug":"liverpool-are-so-close-now-jason-mcateer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2009\/05\/02\/liverpool-are-so-close-now-jason-mcateer\/","title":{"rendered":"Liverpool Are So Close Now &#8211; Jason McAteer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/images\/stories\/dirkkuyt.jpg\" alt=\"The Scouser feels his old club are on the verge of the big breakthrough now that Rafa has settled on his best team\" title=\"The Scouser feels his old club are on the verge of the big breakthrough now that Rafa has settled on his best team\" class=\"caption\" align=\"left\" \/>Many may feel that Manchester United have got the Premier League title just about in the bag, but one former Liverpool star is convinced his old club are within a whisker of becoming the real deal.<\/p>\n<p>One-time Reds&#8217; midfielder Jason McAteer reckons manager Rafa Benitez has finally got it right at Anfield.<\/p>\n<p>McAteer told &#8216;Football Matters&#8217; on Setanta Sports, \u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00c5\u201cRafa\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00e2\u201e\u00a2s tinkering with the team has sometimes come unstuck but since the Real Madrid game he has played a regular team.<\/p>\n<p>\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00c5\u201cWeek in, week out he has played the same team. Steven Gerrard has been injured and Liverpool have scored nine goals without him.\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00c2\u009d<\/p>\n<p>And even if Liverpool can&#8217;t stop United from winning the title this season, McAteer feels they will now be an attractive proposition for top players seeking summer moves.<\/p>\n<p>\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00c5\u201cI think things can happen when he [Benitez] goes into the transfer market. Big players will be looking at this [season&#8217;s performance] and think Liverpool are close,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n<p>\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00c5\u201cThey are very, very close. Steven Gerrard is there, Jamie Carragher is there and right through the spine of the team it is very strong.<\/p>\n<p>\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00c5\u201cRafa will have learnt a lot about his team since the Middlesbrough defeat where they were still in the title race and Champions League, probably learning a lot from his players and what he needs.\u00c3\u00a2\u00e2\u201a\u00ac\u00c2\u009d<\/p>\n<p>Graham Lister, Goal.com<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-252811","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Liverpool Are So Close Now - Jason McAteer - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2009\/05\/02\/liverpool-are-so-close-now-jason-mcateer\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Liverpool Are So Close Now - Jason McAteer - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@ghanamma\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@ghanamma\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2009\\\/05\\\/02\\\/liverpool-are-so-close-now-jason-mcateer\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.ghanamma.com\\\/2009\\\/05\\\/02\\\/liverpool-are-so-close-now-jason-mcateer\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"\",\"@id\":\"\"},\"headline\":\"Liverpool Are So Close Now &#8211; 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