If you knew only half the story, Leicester City versus Liverpool on Sunday afternoon would make for a pretty tasty Premier League affair.

Ruud van Nistelrooy’s Foxes battling against the rising tide of relegation against a Liverpool team pursuing only a second-ever Premier League title.

In reality, however, any pre-match drama Sky Sports attempt to conjure up may feel – certainly to neutral observers – somewhat forced.



And Liverpool, already thirteen points clear of second-placed Arsenal, can actually be crowned this weekend provided The Gunners lose at Ipswich earlier in the day.

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As for Patson Daka, if the reports are to be believed regarding his turning down of a move to Anfield back in 2021, well let’s just say any regrets the striker may be feeling will probably be multiplied.

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According to claims from his homeland of Zambia, Daka opted for Leicester City over Liverpool because he felt – understandably so – that first-team opportunities would be more forthcoming at the King Power Stadium.

Then, it collapsed.”

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It is easy to forget, four years on, just how highly Daka was regarded before his £23 million switch to the Midlands.

And, with such claims feel pretty outlandish now, Daka did score 27 and 34 goals in his last two seasons at Salzburg.

Nearly half a decade later, it is a pretty damning indictment that Daka remains in a 38-year-old Vardy’s shadow.

Furthermore, considering that he has started only five league matches since the 2-1 Boxing Day defeat at Anfield, chances are that – if Liverpool are crowned champions at the King Power Stadium on Sunday – Daka will be watching the celebrations unfold from the substitute’s bench.

“I think he’s got great potential.

That’s what he showed in Austria, scoring a lot of goals, assisting a lot,” Van Nistelrooy, an iconic centre-forward in his playing days, said shortly after taking the Leicester job.

“He’s got a lot of potential.”

In the year when he turns 27, however, that Patson Daka is still being discussed as a centre-forward yet to scratch the surface of his ‘potential’ rather sums up a career which has not only stalled but barely looks road legal anymore.

To think, if Liverpool had managed to shift Origi or Shaqiri, Daka could have found himself learning from Jurgen Klopp.
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