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But I like the players who are clever and intelligent, who understand the decision I am taking is for the best of the group.

“Football is about the group and team, not only the individual.

But it allowed me to learn and now I can teach and give me experience now to my players so they don’t make the same mistakes I made during my career.”

It’s a shame that Riera’s Liverpool career ended in such a way.

After all, he had impressed during his maiden season on Merseyside and very nearly ended up with a Premier League winner’s medal in 2008/09.

Cherishing that campaign as the best of his career, he’s still as a loss as to what went wrong for the Reds the following year.

“We finished two points behind United, fighting until the end for the championship,” he said.

“It was my best year with Liverpool and the season I enjoyed most, season 2008/09, with Torres and Steven Gerrard.

The second year was not the best and then many players, especially Spanish players, left that team.”

He continued: “Even ourselves, we were asking what happened.

Ex-players from that generation of the national team worked together and for us, we were the best coaches for everyone of us.

“We learned from each other and that was the best experience we had.