His career has gone downhill since joining Liverpool. I don't have owt against him but he was shipped out to Sporting because the Portuguese League was where he made a name for himself in the first place, and he was even **** there.
To put it into perspective, he played well for Benfica between 2013-14 - they won the league. They've kept the title over the past three years and are 1st now. Sporting are 4th and before he was recalled he couldn't make the team because he was so piss-poor when he played. He can't cut it for Liverpool, he can't cut it in Portugal for a team worse than the one he originally played for. I just wonder why anyone would think he could cut it for us, even though we're second from bottom. He'll still be up against Premier League defences, which are a lot better and more physical than Portuguese ones, regardless of which PL club he plays for.