What transfer hurt the most

Ive narrowed it down to 10 Which of these transfers hurt you most

1) Rush to Juventus

2) Fowler to Leeds

3) Torres to chelsea

4) Suarez to Barce

5) Coutinho to Barce

6) Alonso to Madrid

7) McManaman to Madrid

8 Sterling to city

9) Owen to Madrid

10) Keegan to Hamburg

1 or 2 on there for the older among us.

Which transfer got under your skin, really upset you or annoyed you. Dont base it on how it effected the team, e.g..sold Coutinho but ued the money for VVD....the day coutinho left did it hurt you?

Similar for sterling, rather than saying hes a horrible so and so,  when he left did you think we have just lost a star for pittens to a rival

Ive narrowed it down to 10 Which of these transfers hurt you most

1) Rush to Juventus

2) Fowler to Leeds

3) Torres to chelsea

4) Suarez to Barce

5) Coutinho to Barce

6) Alonso to Madrid

7) McManaman to Madrid

8 Sterling to city

9) Owen to Madrid

10) Keegan to Hamburg

1 or 2 on there for the older among us.

Which transfer got under your skin, really upset you or annoyed you. Dont base it on how it effected the team, e.g..sold Coutinho but ued the money for VVD....the day coutinho left did it hurt you?

Similar for sterling, rather than saying hes a horrible so and so,  when he left did you think we have just lost a star for pittens to a rival

Andy Carroll to Liverpool... 

Torres for me. Last time I really 'loved' a player.

Torres to Chelsea

Torres
Ground was bouncing when he started or came on loved the Torres bounce

Torres
Ground was bouncing when he started or came on loved the Torres bounce

Ah good times. his armband proved he was a red...

Has to be Torres... he was born to play for Liverpool and where he went made it hurt even more.

Torres for me.

El Nino…., kick in the guts that one…

Torres was a kick in the balls no doubt.

I know its early in the topic but nobody gone for Fowler yet

Suarez for me. Was devastated when Torres left, but at that point I'd already witnessed Liverpool regress massively and pretty much expected it after seeing the likes of Rafa & Mascherano leave in the summer. The worst thing about it was obviously the fact he went to Chelsea, but even that was comforted after we went to Stamford Bridge and beat them with him in the team a few days later.

When Suarez departed I was heartbroken. He was by far the best player I'd ever witnessed at Liverpool and he dragged an average football team to the brink of the title. He's the only player that's left who I felt at the time was completely irreplaceable

Torres.

But Alonso to Real hurt me because how it ended due to Benitez. We share the same birthday, 10 years apart. He's 40. 40!

But Alonso to Real

Big stinger. Id have hated losing him no matter what but would have taken it on the chin easier had we not lost him trying to sign Barry, just why??

Big stinger. Id have hated losing him no matter what but would have taken it on the chin easier had we not lost him trying to sign Barry, just why??

You got to wonder who the Fck thought Barry was a replacement for Xabi just shows the turmoil the club was in at that time .

Mcmanaman for me. He was the first star player to leave us to win things elsewhere.
Confirmed we were a club that were no longer challenging.

Rush to Juve (as a kid) first hero and all that, possible twar shed. What replaced him more than made up for him going.

Torres hurt like hell, he felt like he had been lied to hence that interview which felt like a knife in the back and sent the fanbase ballistic

Suarez you expected to be off once Barca came a sniffing. What followed made that feel even more painful.

Fowler leaving felt envitable after the Thompson spat. Same with Mcmanaman after the treatment over the failed Barca fiasco.

Alonso felt like a business decision - paying off bank debts!!

Sterling felt like he was jumping ship - his relationship with Brendan might have played a part.

Owen (probably under direction from agent/sport team) imo played the at the time chief executive like a fiddle. Definitely wanted to leave once he knew Madrid was interested.

Keegan before my time.

Torres was a kick in the balls no doubt.

I know its early in the topic but nobody gone for Fowler yet

Fowler was sold by GH , had an issue with Fowler being one of the “old troublesome “ big bust up with Thompson - he never wanted to leave

Andy Carroll to Liverpool... 

Kid you not that’s the first thing that came to my mind when I read opening post. 

Keegan before my time.

Who you trying to kid. 

Torres.

Last time I really got hurt by a player leaving.

Clemence to Spurs more than those suggested. He was an outstanding keeper, still at the peak of his powers and a huge part of the team. Was a really reassuring figure, foundation of our brilliant defence and a brave, brave keeper.  I even forgave his rather suspect musical taste and listened to his radio show!


Next on my list is Souness to Sampdoria. Such a commanding, imperious player, the heart of the midfield till the day he left.

Clemence to Spurs more than those suggested. He was an outstanding keeper, still at the peak of his powers and a huge part of the team. Was a really reassuring figure, foundation of our brilliant defence and a brave, brave keeper.  I even forgave his rather suspect musical taste and listened to his radio show!


Next on my list is Souness to Sampdoria. Such a commanding, imperious player, the heart of the midfield till the day he left.

To be fair both notified the club in advance. Yes sad losing top players but the blow softened by the upfrontness

Who you trying to kid. 

Was born a few months after he left the club 

Was born a few months after he left the club 

Never believe a scouser  Can’t believe I’m older than you. 

To be fair both notified the club in advance. Yes sad losing top players but the blow softened by the upfrontness

I still missed them! Started standing on the Kop in '78, they were both part of 'my team'.

Had I been going earlier, I think the loss of the Mighty Emlyn would have been a deeper wound. Should I have been blessed to have been born early enough to have seen the Keegan years from my spec, I'm sure, even though I'd have known he was leaving that his departure would have been the greatest hurt.


By the time Rush went, let alone Fowler, McManaman etc. I was older, more nuanced to loss and while I think my love of Liverpool has increased over the years, my idolisation of individual players has lessened.

Owen - that one hurt. My favourite player growing up and is gone weeks after Rafa taking over.

There have been plenty of transfers that have angered me. Rafa seemed to have a blind spot on some - Bellamy, Crouch, Keane. All sold when they had something to offer. Was it to reduce the wage bill? Possibly... but F**k me we could have done better than David N'Gog couldn't we?

Macca when he went to Madrid just because he was my favorite player when I was young.

The loss of keegan was gonna hurt. The king arriving as his replacement didn’t seem adequate.
Little did we know  😂
Then Torres. The circumstances were hurtful. What a shame we couldn’t have kept him to play with Suarez !

I think mascherano was a bad loss. Best defensive mid of his era !

1. Keane to Spurs.
2. Rush to Juventus.
3. Aldridge to Sociedad.
4. Suarez to Barcelona.

Traore to West Brom didn't quite make the list.

The loss of keegan was gonna hurt. The king arriving as his replacement didn’t seem adequate.
Little did we know  😂
Then Torres. The circumstances were hurtful. What a shame we couldn’t have kept him to play with Suarez !

I think mascherano was a bad loss. Best defensive mid of his era !

Good shout on Mascherano. I was angry at him leaving that summer but looking back you don't blame him, not one bit.

Failure to qualify, Roy Hodgson enters the building along with a raft of some terrible players, club sliding towards administration... in hindsight it's remarkable that Torres didn't leave that summer as well.

Torres for sure. A massive kick in the teeth considering the lift we had from Kenny coming in a month before and also the fact that Torres was finding some form too before he left. Didn't help that Carroll was a complete flop either.

A lot of the others on the list had a degree of inevitability about them which made them a lot easier to take. That Torres one knocked me for six though - certainly don't have the same 'love' for any player after that (although that could just be a sign of getting older too!)

You got to wonder who the Fck thought Barry was a replacement for Xabi just shows the turmoil the club was in at that time .

Think people forget that Alonso was very average in the 2007-2008 season and Barry was one of the best midfielders around in the league at the time.

Think people forget that Alonso was very average in the 2007-2008 season and Barry was one of the best midfielders around in the league at the time.

As they say form is temporary and all that , never ever thought Barry was good enough to replace Xabi , that’s just my opinion ,

Torres for sure. I was still a somewhat "new" fan and was naive enough to think Torres wouldn't ever leave.

The loss of keegan was gonna hurt. The king arriving as his replacement didn’t seem adequate.
Little did we know  😂
Then Torres. The circumstances were hurtful. What a shame we couldn’t have kept him to play with Suarez !

I think mascherano was a bad loss. Best defensive mid of his era !

Torres was a tough one, but wondering how that would have worked, him playing with Suarez.

Owen for me. I was about 12/13 at the time, was my favourite player at that point, along with Gerrard when I was a kid. I think during the pre-season that Rafa took over, despite there being talk about Owen going to Madrid, him and Cisse, unless I'm remembering wrong, were looking good and banging the goals. When Rafa came in and we had Cisse arrive, it felt like the club was going to push on another step but then when Owen was left on the bench in a CL qualifier so he wouldn't be cup tied, the reality hit that Owen was about to leave. Before he went to Newcastle and looked set to return, I was made up, but then he obviously didn't and things went completely downhill from there for him and any bond he once had with the supporters.

Hated Fowler leaving for Leeds but luckily he did end up coming back.

Torres, Suarez and Alonso weren't great but by that point, it was quite clear we weren't going to be able to keep our best players.

I do think age plays a part

When i was 8/9 Rushie went, just got on with it but was coming to an age where I could really appreciate what I was seeing, so Barnes and Beardsley plus Aldo meant Rush was z memory

Fowler and McManaman burst on the scene when I was hitting my teens, worship. Loved both. Stung when we lost Macca for nothing but I knew it highlighted where we were.....God I just couldnt understand, letting him go or him not being our first choice

But Torres......I was hitting 30, sat in a dentist chair getting a tooth pulled when it came on the radio we signed him, helped the tooth out a bit easier. What he brought from a football sense and then from the buzz in the ground, then to lose that because of shithousery off the pitch and to them cnuts of all teams was a blow too much

So a toss between Torres and God, we got God back so that probably edges Torres as the one that hurt most

Wasnt pleased with losing Xabi either by tge way but wasnt on him

Owen - that one hurt. My favourite player growing up and is gone weeks after Rafa taking over.

There have been plenty of transfers that have angered me. Rafa seemed to have a blind spot on some - Bellamy, Crouch, Keane. All sold when they had something to offer. Was it to reduce the wage bill? Possibly... but F**k me we could have done better than David N'Gog couldn't we?

Hahahahahaha I wanted Keane sold after his miss in Madrid.

Torres to Chelsea was a bad one.

I was numb to players leaving after that.

Bit like.most others Nando was a huge blow adored the guy

Yeah Torres was bad. What a striker he was for us. Him and Suarez would have been something (also think we'd have had the Kenny years instead of Brendan years if Torres had played with Suarez).

Also, not actually a transfer, but I remember being gutted when Craig Johnston suddenly retired, at age 27. Apparently it was to look after his ill sister, so fair play to him, but nobody knew that at the time - it was baffling why he did it. (Also it happened in 1988, when I remembered it as about 5 years earlier.)

His armband proved he was a red…

Macca hurt me a lot it was for free he was at the peak of his game.  Suarez really pissed me off the season before he left with the Arsenal 40m + 1 pound trying to desperately to move.   At the time he left wanted him out.

Tough but got to be between Julian Dicks and Paul Konchesky 😂

For different reasons, Torres and Alonso.
Two of my favourite modern LFC players.

Torres felt like the perfect player but playing through injury destroyed him.
Probably the two I've chosen shows my age.
Torres was the last player I felt affection towards and "The Bounce" was unmatched until Virgil's song.
Alonso more because of the way it ended and I felt it marked the begin of the end of Rafa's squad.

A shame that Rafa's squad didn't get a chance to play together for years.

Alonso more because of the way it ended and I felt it marked the begin of the end of Rafa's squad.

That final season Xabi was brilliant and the team never recovered from his departure. He always had that desire to return to Spain and play for Madrid, can't fault him for that, but the whole Gareth Barry thing to be his replacement stunk. It was a sign of things to come that as soon as we saw a quality player depart, the same level of player wasn't going to be signed. Aquilani wasn't the best of signings, very unlucky with injuries but he did have some decent games and did form a good understanding with Torres and Gerrard. But Alonso going was definately one of the departures that hurt us most.

People are including Torres in this and fair enough, but his departure seemed more of a sentimental disappointment rather than anything else because by that point his injuries were really starting to take hold and his performances had been on a downward slope for a while

Alonso and Suarez hit us hard though, it would be like if we suddenly lost Van Dijk.

Tough but got to be between Julian Dicks and Paul Konchesky 😂

You forgot Poulsen and Joe Cole.

Joe Cole

Don't remind me!
Loved him before he signed for us, and I had so much hope he would be amazing for us. He was... not.

Fowler going was the worst for me. I was in my early 20s and he was my last true footballing hero. I remember being at work in tears ... the papers came in with the photo of him driving away from melwood for the last time. When he came back .... those tears returned but tears of joy.

Torres leaving was awful ... the last one I truly felt. But I still love Nando. Time heals. He was class while he was here ... hes a red to me and always will be.

As for others who left ... suarez gave me the most pleasure. The day that stain left was as happy a day for me as the 2 above were sad days.

I’m going off piste and saying Sir Bob’s retirement was hard to take for me, I honestly thought We’d fall of the cliff, that’s no slur on Joe Fagan but I was of a age where I recognised a genius at work in Bob, and didn’t see how Joe could hold his own, he did of course bless him, not to the same extent obviously, but Bob going was devastating!!

Player wise probably Rushy to Juve, again, couldn’t see how we could fill that hole, little did we we know eh ?
Same with God, Alonso, Mascherano, Torres obviously but he left under a cloud and I wasn’t too bothered cos he disrespected the club, Similar with Coutinho and that crazy genius that was Suarez,

Carra went a season too early for my liking too, but respected his decision and of course Ste, still miss him yanno’s, funny how a player of his standing can still bring a smile to your coupon even though we have done pretty well without him,


There were plenty before like Aldridge, Digger, Beardsley, Neal, Clem, Keegan, Hansen, Terry Mac, list is fookin endless!




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Fowler going was the worst for me. I was in my early 20s and he was my last true footballing hero. I remember being at work in tears ... the papers came in with the photo of him driving away from melwood for the last time. When he came back .... those tears returned but tears of joy.

Rush leaving for me, was only about 8, proper dead upset, then went mental the following summer when realised he was coming back home.

watch the 74 Cup final it was a master class in pass and move and the Shanks left it was like losing a family member the city was almost in mourning it was that type of event. But Keegan going was the first real superstar player to leave after winning the European Cup.
But after Sir Bob took over and Kenny came we went on to the next level or several higher levels after Shanks left such a legacy.

Without doubt Fowler leaving for Leeds.

I may of mentioned it once or twice on here but Robbie was my idol growing up. He's still my all time favourite player. And seeing him leave done me in la. We'd just won the treble, with Robbie playing a key part in it. Qualified for the Champions League, helped by two goals from Robbie in the win over Charlton on the final day.

We were top of the League when we sold Robbie and I genuinely thought that was the side that was going to win the League. And then Robbie left. Within a month we'd dropped to fourth, while Robbie and Leeds were third. And then we hammered home what a daft decision it was by not signing Anelka on a permanent basis but instead brought in El-Hadji F***ing Diouf.

And because Robbie is my all time favourite player, any transfer afterwards didn't hurt as much. When the likes of Torres and Suarez have left, I always think "well we've sold better players than you in the past and still survived".

I was only young when Rush left but remember being chuffed when he came back. Torres was disappointing but I do wonder if we'd already seen the best of him?
Suarez was the one for me ,we came so close to ending our league title drought and then the player only rivalled by Messi and Ronaldo at the time left us...we then signed Lambert...so close but yet so far

When the likes of Torres and Suarez have left, I always think "well we've sold better players than you in the past and still survived".

Have to disagree with you on that point. In my opinion Liverpool have never sold a better player than Luis Suarez. At the time we sold him he was of similar calibre to Messi & Ronaldo, who many people would say are the two greatest to have ever played the game. In Suarez we sold one of the best players of all time at his absolute peak 

Have to disagree with you on that point. In my opinion Liverpool have never sold a better player than Luis Suarez. At the time we sold him he was of similar calibre to Messi & Ronaldo, who many people would say are the two greatest to have ever played the game. In Suarez we sold one of the best players of all time at his absolute peak 

Agreed. Suarez is one of the best players in the history of this sport, for sure. Unfortunately for us, he left, but his career has been phenomenal.

Rush going to Juve.

But he came back, and then we had aldo, rush, barnes, beardsley etc. so all good.

Have to disagree with you on that point. In my opinion Liverpool have never sold a better player than Luis Suarez. At the time we sold him he was of similar calibre to Messi & Ronaldo, who many people would say are the two greatest to have ever played the game. In Suarez we sold one of the best players of all time at his absolute peak 

Maybe in terms of ability. Though as they were both forwards, their biggest attribute is goalscoring and Fowler wins that hands down.

And in saying that as far as I'm concerned nobody comes close to meaning as much as Fowler did to me, which is why I said we've sold better players.

How about Steve McManaman on a free to Real? We got no money for him, which could have been a good fee, whereas we got good money for some of the recent transfers.

Maybe in terms of ability. Though as they were both forwards, their biggest attribute is goalscoring and Fowler wins that hands down.

And in saying that as far as I'm concerned nobody comes close to meaning as much as Fowler did to me, which is why I said we've sold better players.

Rush was still the master, Fowler was the apprentice.

How about Steve McManaman on a free to Real? We got no money for him, which could have been a good fee, whereas we got good money for some of the recent transfers.

All our own fault through thinking we could sell him for cash to Barca. In the end Barca were using us and Macca to land Rivaldo. I think that was in the back of Mcmanaman's head when he made the decision.

Have to disagree with you on that point. In my opinion Liverpool have never sold a better player than Luis Suarez. At the time we sold him he was of similar calibre to Messi & Ronaldo, who many people would say are the two greatest to have ever played the game. In Suarez we sold one of the best players of all time at his absolute peak 

Have to disagree. We've sold alot of players who were better than that snide little c**t.

Similar calibre to messi and Ronaldo 🤣🤣 .. One of the best of all time .... please.

Without doubt Fowler leaving for Leeds.

I may of mentioned it once or twice on here but Robbie was my idol growing up. He's still my all time favourite player. And seeing him leave done me in la. We'd just won the treble, with Robbie playing a key part in it. Qualified for the Champions League, helped by two goals from Robbie in the win over Charlton on the final day.

We were top of the League when we sold Robbie and I genuinely thought that was the side that was going to win the League. And then Robbie left. Within a month we'd dropped to fourth, while Robbie and Leeds were third. And then we hammered home what a daft decision it was by not signing Anelka on a permanent basis but instead brought in El-Hadji f**king Diouf.

And because Robbie is my all time favourite player, any transfer afterwards didn't hurt as much. When the likes of Torres and Suarez have left, I always think "well we've sold better players than you in the past and still survived".

Coming back was very emotional how we ever sold him is just beyond belief even now.

Have to disagree. We've sold alot of players who were better than that snide little c**t.

Similar calibre to messi and Ronaldo 🤣🤣 .. One of the best of all time .... please.

Please do list some of the players we've sold who at the time were better than Luis Suarez was when he left.

He scored 31 goals in 33 Premier League games the season we sold him, giving him a goals to game ratio of 0.94, which is the highest ever recorded in a single Premier League season. Even Messi, who was playing in a far better side only managed 0.90 that same year in La Liga. So yeah, he was definitely in the same calibre as Messi & Ronaldo at the time he was sold.

He then went on to Barcelona and won the lot, becoming their third highest scorer of all time in six years. After that he was sold to Atletico and dragged them to the title in his mid 30s after hitting another 20+ goal season in the league.

He's the third top assister in footballer history, he's won the title at four different clubs, has five golden boots & dragged Uruguay to a Copa America where he won player of the tournament in the process. 

But yeah, tell us all how Torres was better 😂

Rush was still the master, Fowler was the apprentice.

Rush's best was before my time unfortunately. Only caught the last few years of his time here, where he was still F***ing boss admittedly. And his records obviously speak for themselves. But for me Fowler was the master and Owen was the apprentice.

Coming back was very emotional how we ever sold him is just beyond belief even now.

His return will always be one of my favourite days.

What baffles me with the sale is how short it left us up front - probably why we brought Anelka in a few weeks later. I know we still had Owen and Heskey, but Owen's injury record even then weren't great and we had Jari who was in his final stretch of his career.

Please do list some of the players we've sold who at the time were better than Luis Suarez was when he left.

He scored 31 goals in 33 Premier League games the season we sold him, giving him a goals to game ratio of 0.94, which is the highest ever recorded in a single Premier League season. Even Messi, who was playing in a far better side only managed 0.90 that same year in La Liga. So yeah, he was definitely in the same calibre as Messi & Ronaldo at the time he was sold.

He then went on to Barcelona and won the lot, becoming their third highest scorer of all time in six years. After that he was sold to Atletico and dragged them to the title in his mid 30s after hitting another 20+ goal season in the league.

He's the third top assister in footballer history, he's won the title at four different clubs, has five golden boots & dragged Uruguay to a Copa America where he won player of the tournament in the process. 

But yeah, tell us all how Torres was better 😂

Best player in the world from 2013-2016 at least for me. Utterly sensational and technically  the best player who has ever played for Liverpool (imo).

But sadly, he didn't stay long enough nor did he win the trophies to be a hall of famer. When picking my Liverpool XI of the last 20-25 years neither him or Torres get into it because of that.

Rush going to Juve.

But he came back, and then we had aldo, rush, barnes, beardsley etc. so all good.

Before he left, he was probably the best striker in the world. He was prolific and we didn't lose games when he scored, until just before he left.

I didn't think of it at the time, but now I'm convinced we partly let him go to Juve because of what happened in 85. We sold him in 86, let him go in 87, and brought him back in 88. After he came back he was just another good striker rather than a great one. So when we let him go to Leeds 8 years later, we knew his best years were long gone.

Beardsley to Everton

Suarez..and it was the unexpected manner of it..at the end of the season he was a Liverpool player
and when he was knocking goals in against England in the world cup it seemed he still had to come back to England but next thing we knew he'd left for Barcelona.

Rush's best was before my time unfortunately. Only caught the last few years of his time here, where he was still f**king boss admittedly. And his records obviously speak for themselves. But for me Fowler was the master and Owen was the apprentice.

His return will always be one of my favourite days.

What baffles me with the sale is how short it left us up front - probably why we brought Anelka in a few weeks later. I know we still had Owen and Heskey, but Owen's injury record even then weren't great and we had Jari who was in his final stretch of his career.

Maybe Houlier as a teacher couldnt handle an unruly pupil. Still the most gifted finisher akin to Jimmy Greaves I have ever seen he made it look like a form of art. Don't mind admitting a tear in the eye when he came home.  I saw him a few times in Tesco with his family just a really nice lad with a God given talent