Quote Originally Posted by ItsMe View Post
In the end Liverpool needed width, if he performs well enough it will be money well spent.

They've lack that for a while so it's addressing a problem area at least.
Yeah, that was why I was amazed that Rieira got such short shrift, whilst he was in the team they got themselves into a position of challenging for the title, not due to him actually being any good but he stayed wide and stretched the play so Gerrard and Tores could do their thang in the middle. If Downing can help them similarly, he may well be worth it imo.