Rumours over his brothers, who were acting as his representatives, and their questionable demands swirled, something which the late, great Houllier briefly addressed in 2015. "I wish I had kept Nicolas Anelka," he said. It's fair to label the decision not to sign Anelka as one of the great missteps of 21st century Liverpool. It was here, it's claimed, where the wild antics were ramped up and the interest in playing for Liverpool was turned down. "The worst [team-mate I had] has to be El Hadji Diouf," Jamie Carragher once said.

Source: Metro January 15, 2024 18:36 UTC