Comments on My Anfield: Markus Johansson must be hard as nails

175 cm is 5'10", not 5'7" (5.7 if you convert it t...

2008-06-02T13:17:00.000+01:00

175 cm is 5'10", not 5'7" (5.7 if you convert it to decimal or use an online unit converter...)

It makes a big difference coaching them properly f...

2008-06-02T11:30:00.000+01:00

It makes a big difference coaching them properly from a young age, so it's worth getting him to Liverpool now if possible. Once they get to 18 they've often picked up bad habits which stick with them throughout their careers, e.g. Riise isn't aware that he has more than one leg.

To the poster who said he should go to the other c...

2008-06-02T10:53:00.000+01:00

To the poster who said he should go to the other club first, you'er so wrong. With the new UEFA rule on clubs must have so many players they developed in their squad. Now is exactly the right time to get this young lad.

If he is that good and we end up wanting to play him at 17 (like a certain M Owen), we would have had in our system for 3 years. So go get him if you think he's goo enough Rafa & Gary

actually he was only 13 when he made his first tea...

2008-06-02T10:26:00.000+01:00

actually he was only 13 when he made his first team debut and scored last october (his birthday is in february)

It would be much better for his development to joi...

2008-06-02T10:21:00.000+01:00

It would be much better for his development to join IFK Norrköping who are in the 1st division and also looking to sign him. Then later on when he has more experience he can look to join bigger teams.

Sounds really cool but the problem of kids that ag...

2008-06-02T10:15:00.000+01:00

Sounds really cool but the problem of kids that age is that the vast majority of them never make the final breakthrough at any high level. Seems crazy the amount of pressure these kids are put under from such a young age. They should be playing football for fun and not making headlines in the media until they are older and more mature.

Here is some links for articles and photos on him ...

2008-06-02T10:06:00.000+01:00

Here is some links for articles and photos on him which are in Swedish :-

http://www.nt.se/sport/artikel.aspx?articleid=3639338

http://www.folkbladet.se/sport/artikel.aspx?articleid=3723698

The main points being he is 5 foot 7, scores lots of goals, is very fast, stays on his feet and is very strong.

He must be a monster of a player if at 14 he plays...

2008-06-02T10:01:00.000+01:00

He must be a monster of a player if at 14 he plays competitively against grown men. I'll bet he has no problems adapting to the physical side of the Premiership if he makes it.
Maybe he'll be to Torres what Fowler was to Rush, but obviously it's impossible to tell at such an early stage.