da realsbet： Despite never winning the Premier League – sorry for that opening line Liverpool fans – the Reds have had some world class players grace the stands of Anfield over the years.
da mrbet： Many names spring to mind as you begin to think to the great Steven Gerrard, the controversial Luis Suarez and of course the club’s record goalscorer Ian Rush. And that does not even put a dent in the list of fantastic players the club is fortunate to have possessed.
However, perhaps the reason that Liverpool have failed to replicate their First Division successes of the past century is that, unfortunately, the club find themselves in a position where it’s difficult to hold on to their star players. Agree with me or not, but Liverpool are now more of a selling club for the world’s best rather than an attractive proposition.
It wasn’t so many years ago that Liverpool signed the likes of Xabi Alonso and Javier Mascherano, but once again were not able to keep hold of the pair, with both opting for pastures more exotic in La Liga with Real Madrid and Barcelona respectively.
There is no doubt that playing at Anfield and for Liverpool holds a special place in the heart of those who have done so, but with the club’s distinct lack of silverware over the past decade, it is easy to see why both players choose to leave the club and players choose not to come either.
Selling players too early over the past two decades has been a primary problem for Liverpool, and a major factor contributing to their apparent lack of success. Imagine if Liverpool had kept these three, all of who were let go too
Imagine if Liverpool had kept these three, all of whom were let go too early…
Luis Suarez
The next three slides could all have Luis Suarez’s name on them, that being the gravity of the mistake it was to sell their star striker two years ago.
With Suarez in the squad, Liverpool came as close as they have ever done to a Premier League title. The magic Uruguayan – for all his controversies – was one of the best to ever grace the Premier League and did more than just score goals for Liverpool as his link-up with a young Raheem Sterling and Daniel Sturridge was the stuff of dreams.
Now I understand the money was high, but the future of the club lied in Suarez’s hands, and hence those in charge should have made every effort to keep him at Anfield. We could potentially have seen Liverpool win the Premier League with the now Barca man in the side, but instead, he is succeeding elsewhere on the continent.
Robbie Fowler
‘God’, as he was aptly known at Anfield, was one of the most tragic stories in modern footballing history as a man so liked at the club and so successful too, was swept aside by new manager Gerard Houllier for non-apparent reasons, and so went his career with it. He hadn’t had the most terrific two years before his departure, but can thank injury for part of that and relatively the level of performance was still there. A Liverpool legend still, but Fowler could have been immortal if he wasn’t sold.
Xabi Alonso
Alonso was the catalyst behind the club’s Champion’s League success of 2005, alongside Steven Gerrard in central midfield. The pair complemented each other so well, where Alonso was more happy to sit and spray, while Gerrard venture forward – or on occasion the other way around. Alonso became the lower back of the side and everything was built around him, but he was sold for £30million to Real Madrid instead, only to have a glistening career at the Bernabeu and subsequently at Bayern Munich.