For me it’s a big move, but I hope everything will be all right for me here,” he said.”I was training with Wolves and they were very keen to sign me there, but as soon as I came up here I had a chat with the manager, with the chairman and the people here and I felt that there is a strong desire here. Ray Parlour and Mark Viduka have also signed for Boro this summer. Zenden was brought to Stamford Bridge in a £7.5m deal from Barcelona in 2001.Juventus have signed the Brazilian midfielder Emerson Farreira from their Serie A rivals Roma for €28m ($33.7m), the Turin club said in a statement yesterday.The 28-year-old Emerson, who has agreed a four-year contract, joins up with his old coach from Roma, Fabio Capello, at the Delle Alpi stadium. The 27-year-old spent last season on loan at the Riverside and becomes manager Steve McClaren’s fifth signing of the summer.Zenden, who has signed a one-year deal with Boro, was given permission to travel to Germany for a pre-season tour with his new club. “He has signed all the paperwork,” his father and agent Pierre Zenden said.”It is open to be extended. He could do it after just two months if that is what is agreed.”The Holland international joins his Dutch team-mates Michael Reiziger and Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink at Boro.

The former England Under-21 is currently in rehabilitation after another operation to try to solve the problem and is months away from a comeback.Faced with a similar problem following David Seaman’s injury last season, Keegan brought in Icelandic international Arni Arason but, after being released this summer, he has now signed a three-year deal with Norwegian club Valerenga.To add to Keegan’s worries on a disappointing night in the Black Country, French defender David Sommeil will also miss the start of the season after being carried off with a calf injury.”It could be four to five weeks,” Keegan said.Meanwhile, Boudewijn Zenden has joined Middlesbrough on a free transfer from Chelsea. “Geert has snapped his Achilles, so he is out for the season. I can’t take a risk with that position, so I will be talking to the chairman.”If there is no money, there is no money, but if we don’t get someone in it would be a major risk as we would then be hoping nothing would happen to David James.”Keegan’s goalkeeping options have been restricted by Nicky Weaver’s long-running battle to overcome a knee injury. Ellegaard deputised for De Vlieger on Friday and the 21-year-old, signed for £750,000 by Keegan from Danish club side Farum Boldklub three years ago, impressed in seven first-team appearances last season.However, with City’s first Premiership game against Fulham just a fortnight away, Keegan will be looking for more funds from his chairman, John Wardle, to reinforce his squad.”I will have to get another goalkeeper in,” he said. Manchester City are looking for a new goalkeeper after their recent signing, the Belgium international Geert de Vlieger, was ruled out for the entire 2004-05 season. De Vlieger ruptured his Achilles tendon during Friday night’s 3-1 win over Wolverhampton Wanderers at Molineux, just 20 minutes into only his third game for the club since his arrival from Willem II. If we work hard and effectively, and the players want – really want – to win, then I think we can do it.”.

I’m not going to say we have to win the Premier League this season The club have told me we have time. I will work every day with my staff – but not with difficult targets The only target is to improve.”There are injury worries. Benitez will be in the market for a midfielder after Vladimir Smicer sustained ligament damage against Porto which could keep him out for six months. Djibril Ciss?the £14m striker inherited from Auxerre, has impressed with his pace and control.

“At Valencia last season we scored 71 goals, while Real Madrid scored 72,” he said with a Houllier-like reverence for statistics “We conceded 27 and Real perhaps 40 So we had a balance. For me that’s important.”More encouraging for Disenchanted of Dingle is a reminder of how Benitez transformed Valencia into a more entertaining side while keeping them in contention for the important prizes: “When I arrived they had been twice in the Champions’ League final They were a good team Perhaps a little defensive So we tried to be more offensive. it may still be necessary for the Kop to curb their impatience, for this is clearly a long-term project, as illustrated by the five-year contract that helped make the job such an attractive one: “For a manager that is very important because you have time to change things and do what you want I don’t have a target. Most important was to move the defensive line 10 to 15 metres forward, so the team arrived in attacking positions more often and made more possibilities to score. In the second and third years, you could see the difference.”Second and third years… So what else will this new man bring to the job and the club? Hard work, certainly, from himself and his players, who were putting in long hours at the Melwood training ground before departing for the current three-match tour of the United States and Canada (they beat a weak Celtic team 5-1, lost 1-0 to Porto on Friday and meet Roma on Tuesday).He is wisely setting no targets and making no boasts, not even opting for the populist vote by promising to transform Liverpool back into the exciting stylists whose passing – and passes – Anfield supporters lamented long and loud (booing optional).