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I think they're in a decent place there."It's a really tough ask of them going into the next one against PSG, but a lot of the games I've gone to, I've enjoyed watching them. I think he's really honest.
I think he's really honest in the media, maybe sometimes too honest."But as a Liverpool fan now, and just someone who's been an ex-player and sort of knows a little bit (more) on the inside than what most normal punters would know, these Liverpool fans, once they get to this stage, it's very difficult to get them back around, from my own personal experiences and what I've seen, very difficult to get them back around."Before the Kop icon concluded: "He has (got credit in the bank) with me, because, I think more than anyone on the planet, I know how difficult it is to win a league, and for him to come in and win a league in his first season. He's obviously had a disagreement with the manager, I don't know at what level, because obviously he's done the interview, which I think he'll regret further down the line, but that told me that there was an issue there."I think also, even going back before that, I think Liverpool as a club probably only wanted to give Mo Salah one year, rather than the two.
I'm not sure (if that was a consideration at the time), not sure, don't know.He then added: "Knowing him, obviously, the relationship I've got with him, he'll still have himself down as one of the best players in the world, and I think that's the reason why the fallout's come apart, that he was probably struggling with the transition of a manager saying, 'you're not starting today, and you're missing out.''I'm still one of the best players in the world,' I think that's his mentality and I think there's good players, there's top players and then there's them ones that are at the very top that are a little bit freakish in terms of their mentality and how they think and he's one of them where he's just, 'I'm the best, I'm the best, I'm the best.'"I wouldn't be surprised if it's another big club somewhere else, but I don't think he'd do it to a rival. I would do it for Liverpool Football Club if I were asked and they felt I was the right man to do it, I'd be open to it, yeah, of course."The other side of it as well, it's the chance to be part of something, you're winning for Liverpool again, and that connection won't leave me, I do love them.Gary Neville alluded to Gerrard assisting Alonso at Liverpool, saying: "You talked about being an assistant, I'm just connecting dots here, if Xabi Alonso came to Liverpool, which has been mooted..." Football transfer news and rumours plus selected offers and competitions Invalid emailWe use your sign-up to provide content in ways you've consented to and to improve our understanding of you.
