Do we all remember those heady days. Before he took up residence on the treatment table. The hope, the expectation! Gerrard handing over his shirt number! The new midfield general that would drive us forward. We where shrewd to have secured him early, the extra was needed to gain such a world class talent. He's got to be the biggest disappointment ever for Liverpool surely.
It's a shame how it panned out - all stemmed from the Rakitic foul on him and this national team playing when he was nowhere near ready. Career hampened by poor decisions. Prior to joining, he was the perfect midfielder
For 45 minutes against United in the 5-0 massacre, we saw just a smidgen of what could have been, but when he came on against Madrid in Paris and managed to hit the corner flag from the penalty when we desperately needed him to show composure and technique.... well, the real skill comes out in the moment of truth.
Alexis Mac Allister chance is looking good, also if we can get Rice at a reasonable price. They both have Premier league experiences.
There have been many false dawns. Coming back from injury, a good performance, back out again. I spent a good few years hoping he'd come good, on occasion, very few occasions there where glimpses of what could have been. That's all drained away though. I'm looking forward to him finally leaving.
We're also looking for homegrown players. I don't know which players linked fit the bill other than Mount and Rice (who won't be coming).
We won the Premier League without buying it like Chelsea and Manchester City. We can do better under the same situation.
that's our perspective. another perspective says vvd and Allison and fabinho cost a bomb and we bought the prem.
