Liverpool, after a disappointing last season is looking to make it up this season. In order to strengthen its midfield Liverpool is all set to rope in Portuguese international, Raul Meireles. Liverpool is lucky to have him in his ranks as Barcelona was considering signing him had it failed to get Mascherano.

Meireles, who played for Porto last season, was expected to leave Porto and it became even more obvious when he wasn’t included in the Europa league side recently. Andre Villas-Boas, the manager of Porto had resigned to the fact that Raul would move and even Manchester United was interested in having him in its ranks. The signing of Raul will boost the hopes of Liverpool greatly as he has done very well to establish himself one of the better midfielders in the continent. In fact, Raul was all set to join Internazionale, but somehow the deal couldn’t be taken forward.

Meireles has been a revelation and many top European clubs have been vying to have in. Raul was proved his mettle during the European under 16 championships in 2000 and he made his way to the Portuguese national side. Since then he has represented Portugal 38 times and has been an integral part of the Portugal team.

With this signing, the struggling Liverpool side will look to reinforce itself as one of the leading sides in England. It remains to be seen if this signing will be able to change Liverpool’s fortune this season. Liverpool really needs to pull its socks if it wants to do well this season.