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He had to then go and rebuild his career.

"But I think it probably challenged your biases as well, so going right OK, just because this player might not play for one of the 'top, top teams' doesn't mean he can't come into a club like Liverpool at the time and do really, really well.

"So I think keeping an open mind [is important] but then that is credit to the guys at the club who were willing to say: 'Right OK, we'll really go for that and invest in that.' When it might not have been the case previously when there were loads of big, big clubs going for some of these players.



So would they be able to play for a club like Liverpool.

But I think on top of that, obviously, technical and tactical potential.

"I think a lot of the players we signed were not always the finished projects, I think it was a case of do they have scope to develop and to get better.

But they were maybe the key attributes, mentality I think was always a big one.

"The first thing to understand, with any club really, is playing style and the demands that are going to be placed on possible targets.

And then really understanding what a Liverpool player is.



He didn't necessarily get involved in link-play, holding the ball up but one thing he was relentless at was attacking the box, runs, back post and then that translated really well when he joined that he was able to - and he still is - replicating that.

"Whereas you might look at that from the outside and think it was a strange signing or maybe a different signing, not a player from a top-four club but someone who could fit into the system stylistically."