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The president of the local Council, Salvador Pendón, welcomed two young malagueno footballers, Francis Durán and Dani Pacheco, natives of Almárgen and Pizarra respectively, to recognize their successful careers in sport. The youngsters are currently part of Liverpool’s reserve team after their stay on different youth categories at Malaga CF.

The event was attended by the president, the mayor of Pizarra, Francisco Jose Vargas, the mayor’s lieutenant of Almárgen Francisca Soria Verdugo, the president of the Malaguena Football Federation Miguel Sanchez, and the families of the footballers. Salvador Pendón presented them with a jábega (a model ship) as a gift from the provincial institution.

According to Salvador Pendón, “it’s is a special privilege to welcome these two young malaguenos who despite their youth serve already as a reference for other young people in this province and to see that their success has surpassed our borders by being part of one of the best football clubs in Europe and the World, and also being part of the Spanish national team on different youth levels, who’ve also given us so much satisfaction”. “Next week they will resume training with their team and I hope that they can continue their progression. I am certain that these young men will soon emulate the success that these days the national Spanish team is having in the Euro Cup”.

On their part, the footballers showed their appreciation for the acknowledgment and manifested their happiness for the recent promotion of Malaga to the first division, club where they began their career.

Francis Durán commented: “It is a very positive experience that I’m living in England despite two serious injuries that I’ve suffered, now I expect to fully recover and I'm already looking ahead.”

Francis Durán, 20, a native of Almárgen, began his football career at Mortadelo CF, team of the Malaguena Capital, then signed for Malaga CF, where he played at the youth level and made his debut for the first team, while also being part of the U-19 Spanish national team. After his stay at Malaga, Liverpool contracted his services where he’s been for two seasons.

On his behalf, Dani Pacheco declared that: “this season has been a bit hectic since besides my duties at Liverpool I’ve been to numerous meetings with the U-17 Spanish national team but I am very happy after receiving a call from Rafa Benitez to begin the pre-season with the first team.”

The football career of Dani Pacheco, born in Pizarra 16 years ago, has always been characterized by its meteoric ascent; he played for Malaga CF at the infant tourney at Brunete. But he soon abandoned the blanquiazul team to sign for Barcelona’s youth team where he played with the U-18, despite being only 15. After his stay at La Masia, he signed for Liverpool where he plays in the reserve league, competition where the Premier League team’s B teams participate. He’s also been a part of the Spanish U-17 setup for the European Championship in Turkey where the team was crowned champions after beating France. Dani Pacheco was not able to play because of an injury he suffered right before the start of the tournament. Despite this blow, Rafa Benitez, manager of Liverpool FC has called up the malagueno striker to be part of his pre-season squad.

Anthony Le Tallec, meanwhile, has finally severed his ties with Liverpool after signing for French first division club Le Mans UC72.

The young striker has been on loan from Anfield for the past four season – at St Etienne, Sunderland, Sochaux and Le Mans – but has now formally ended his association with the club.

Agger ready to play in matches again

A long injury period is over for Daniel Agger, who is again ready to play for Liverpool.

Liverpools Danish defender Daniel Agger can finally look back at his long injury break.

The Danish national player has been tested by the doctors in Brondby, where Agger used to play before he went to Liverpool. The doctors have given Agger the green light to play.

- We have had Daniel here and he's been tested by our doctors and treated here in Brondby. He's ready again and he would be able to play a match right now says Brondby chairman and former club doctor, Per Bjerregaard to bold.dk.

Daniel Agger had last season destroyed with a broken bone in his foot.

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THE Northwest Development Agency has refused to hand over a £9m grant for Liverpool FC’s new stadium project until the club proves it has got the money for the £350m scheme.

Steve Broomhead, chief executive of the NWDA, spoke to Kop Holdings – the owners of LFC – yesterday over the funding of the stadium.

The agency had previously agreed to provide a £9m grant for the scheme which includes regenerating the park and a community partnership centre.

While Mr Broomhead made clear the money is still available, the agency will not hand it over until “detailed evidence” that funding is in place to complete the project.

The revelation came as it emerged LFC co-owner Tom Hicks had agreed an unrelated $3.2bn (£1.6bn) deal with a plastic container company in the USA.

The Texan is understood to be keen for Liverpool fans to see that he still has the clout to pull off big financial packages, despite the credit crunch.

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