Liverpool have been the subject of rumours of new left-back signings, including Bournemouth defender Milos Kerkez. Although the club did not strengthen anyone in the winter transfer window, the buzz should heat up further in the summer.
This is due to the decline of Scottish defender Andy Robertson, a long-time stalwart of Liverpool’s final line, who is now in his 30s and not performing as well as he did in his prime, and a generational shift is underway.
In a game against Fulham last December, he was given a one-off red card for a prevented decision. Looking back on that incident, the 30-year-old defender said he was not hurt by it, but revealed that he was tired of the tendency to look for scapegoats.
“I think I’ve been in the game long enough where it doesn’t hurt me anymore.”
“But the fact is that I’ve been the starting left-back for Liverpool for eight years. I’m very proud of that because it’s not easy to achieve that at a club of this size when they can go out and sign anyone really in the world.”
“I want to still be the starting left-back. But you’ve got to take it on the chin. If people criticise me then so be it.”
“I do believe that football is getting a bit like that where they try and find scapegoats and stuff like that. Maybe it’s my turn this now. If it’s my turn at the moment then it’s taking the spotlight off of other players.”
“I also think that I’ve made a couple of mistakes that have probably been unlike me in certain situations like the Fulham sending off.”
“Obviously that wasn’t like me then people look at maybe a bigger issue that’s not there and they try and find it.”
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