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It was a difficult time for me, you know, and probably wouldn’t happen now.

“And I think at the time, looking back now like they didn't really want Roy Hodgson as the manager.

So it was always going to be hard, you know?

“But if someone comes to you at 29 years old and it’s a club like Liverpool with that massive history, I think everyone will bite their hands off.

But to be fair, Kenny was really good to me and I couldn't thank him enough in the summer.”

Konchesky admits that Liverpool supporters never saw the best of him as he lost confidence during his time at Anfield.

“No, I don't (think they ever saw the best of me),” he said.

When you are confident, you play well but at the time I wasn’t confident and obviously didn’t do well.”

However, Konchesky disputes Steven Gerrard’s claim that he was never good enough to play for the Reds.

In his autobiography, the Liverpool legend wrote: ‘Konchesky was a good lad and I knew him before he joined us from Fulham.

The harsh truth was that he was not good enough to play left-back for Liverpool.’

After being read the aforementioned quote, Konchesky insisted he would not have joined Liverpool if he didn’t consider himself good enough, but conceded he considers his time at Anfield as the ‘biggest failure’ of his career.

“Yeah, I do, yeah,” he said when asked if he thinks he was good enough to play for Liverpool.

“I obviously wouldn’t have gone if I didn't back myself to play for a football club like that because you don't want to embarrass yourself.

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“But it didn't work out.