Source: SKY_Sports
Keirrison's Reds link played down
Palmeiras have played down reports which have suggested striker Keirrison could be on his way to Liverpool.[LNB] The 20-year-old Brazilian has been the subject of speculation which has intimated a summer switch to Anfield could be on the cards.[LNB]Keirrison is regarded as one of the brightest emerging talents in South American football having finished top scorer in the Campeonato Brasileiro last season when he was with Coritiba.[LNB]Palmeiras' director of football, Toninho Cecilio, insists the striker - who has scored eight goals in only six appearances for his new team - will stay with the Verdao for the foreseeable future.[LNB]Not true"I don't want to spend a lot of time talking about this Liverpool issue as it is not true," Cecilio said.[LNB]"There is nothing official and we were not consulted about this.[LNB]"We have an excellent relationship with Liverpool, who signed goalkeeper Diego Cavalieri, and, if there was something, we will be the first to know about that.[LNB]"Instead, the intention of the Palmeiras board is to keep him here as long as possible here, before he continues his career in Europe."[LNB]
