{"id":421443,"date":"2011-06-10T22:20:00","date_gmt":"2011-06-10T22:20:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/06\/10\/liverpool-interested-in-catania%e2%80%99s-matias-silvestre-general-manager-pietro-lo-monaco\/"},"modified":"2011-06-10T22:20:00","modified_gmt":"2011-06-10T22:20:00","slug":"liverpool-interested-in-catanias-matias-silvestre-general-manager-pietro-lo-monaco","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/06\/10\/liverpool-interested-in-catanias-matias-silvestre-general-manager-pietro-lo-monaco\/","title":{"rendered":"Liverpool interested in Catania\u2019s Matias Silvestre &#8211; general manager Pietro Lo Monaco"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<h3>By Chris Teale<\/h3>\n<h4>10 Jun 2011 23:20:00<\/h4>\n<\/p>\n<div readability=\"66.7732166891\">\n<div readability=\"15.6862745098\">\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Matias Silvestre - Brescia-Catania - Serie A (Getty Images)\" src=\"http:\/\/u.goal.com\/131000\/131000_news.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Matias Silvestre &#8211; Brescia-Catania &#8211; Serie A (Getty Images)<\/p>\n<h4>Related Links<\/h4>\n<h4>Teams<\/h4>\n<h4>Players<\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<p><span readability=\"28.1937445699\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/teams\/italy\/169\/catania\">Catania<\/a> general manager Pietro Lo Monaco claims that <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/teams\/england\/98\/liverpool\">Liverpool<\/a> are interested in defender <a href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/people\/argentina\/5780\/mat%C3%ADas-silvestre\">Matias Silvestre<\/a>, who has also attracted attention from Spain and Italy.<\/p>\n<p>Lo Monaco admitted in April that the time is right for the 26-year-old to seek a new challenge after an impressive season in Serie A.<\/p>\n<p>And now the general manager has told <em>Itasportpress<\/em> that Liverpool are among a number of clubs looking to sign Silvestre.<\/p>\n<p>He said: &#8220;Top of the list of those moving on is Silvestre.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;d struggle to keep him here, considering what a great player he is. There are two Italian clubs tracking him, but Liverpool and Villarreal are also interested in Silvestre.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Silvestre is worth as much as Thiago Silva and scores more goals.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Lo Monaco is keen to keep as many of Catania\u2019s key players as possible after the appointment of Vincenzo Montella as head coach.<\/p>\n<p>He added: &#8220;As for Maxi Lopez, he will leave if there is a decent offer, otherwise he&#8217;ll stay with us.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Cristian Llama and Marco Biagianti are 100 per cent staying at Catania.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We turned down an offer for Mario Gomez from a European club. We&#8217;re not sure about Taka Morimoto, but it&#8217;s probable he will remain.&#8221;<br \/><span><span id=\"divAdnetKeyword\"\/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><span><span><span><span><em>Our<span>\u00a0<\/span><\/em><span><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/GoalUK\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/u.goal.com\/93900\/93900.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"48\" height=\"11\" \/><\/em><\/a><\/span><em>\u00a0provides the best breaking news online and our\u00a0<\/em><span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/GoalUK\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><em><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/u.goal.com\/93800\/93899.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"49\" height=\"10\" \/><\/em><\/a><\/span><em>\u00a0football fan community is unmatched worldwide. Never miss a thing again!<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>More:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/news\/2896\/premier-league\/2011\/06\/10\/2526832\/liverpool-interested-in-catanias-matias-silvestre-general\" title=\"Liverpool interested in Catania\u2019s Matias Silvestre - general manager Pietro Lo Monaco\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Liverpool interested in Catania\u2019s Matias Silvestre &#8211; general manager Pietro Lo Monaco<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> By Chris Teale 10 Jun 2011 23:20:00 Matias Silvestre &#8211; Brescia-Catania &#8211; Serie A (Getty Images) Related Links Teams Players Catania general manager Pietro Lo Monaco claims that Liverpool are interested in defender Matias Silvestre , who has also attracted attention from Spain and Italy. Lo Monaco admitted in April that the time is right for the 26-year-old to seek a new challenge after an impressive season in Serie A. And now the general manager has told Itasportpress that Liverpool are among a number of clubs looking to sign Silvestre<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-421443","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-local-news"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Liverpool interested in Catania\u2019s Matias Silvestre - general manager Pietro Lo Monaco - 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\/2011\/06\/10\/liverpool-interested-in-catanias-matias-silvestre-general-manager-pietro-lo-monaco\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Liverpool interested in Catania\u2019s Matias Silvestre - general manager Pietro Lo Monaco - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"By Chris Teale 10 Jun 2011 23:20:00 Matias Silvestre - Brescia-Catania - Serie A (Getty Images) Related Links Teams Players Catania general manager Pietro Lo Monaco claims that Liverpool are interested in defender Matias Silvestre , who has also attracted attention from Spain and Italy. 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