Whilst I’m sympathetic, let’s not rewrite history. Acting the twat on that summer’s preseason US tour and getting sent home by Jurgen is what effectively killed his Liverpool career.
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His name hadnt been cleared and there was still a cloud hanging over him.
We stood by him and that tour he was acting the mag
From what I remember the flight over to the tour was delayed because he rocked up late to the airport, he was showing up to team meetings and meals late and a treatment session organised specifically for him was another black mark as he simply didnt bother showing up.
I recall early in the season he had some rant on social media about not playing.
People defended him then (not helped I suppose by Lovren being a bit all over the place) but in light of the above we stood by him over a difficult period (when he was banned) and he took the piss.
If you stood by someone in work and the first day back from a suspension, they rock up late, spend all day on the internet and dont bother attending meetings you would be kind of going "why did I defend him again?"
If they then put something on social media whinging you would just think they are an immature waster
I think he was a bit of a waster, if he knuckled down he had some enormous ability but he was inconsistent and injury prone.
There was a reason Klopp sold him, a reason Palace didnt renew his contract and probably a reason why PSG sold him.
Ultimately cost himself big time. He could have been part of a great French team and a great Liverpool team
