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Liverpool have come such a long way during Jurgen Klopp’s historic reign at the club.

It isn’t just the trophies they’ve won or the wonderful football they’ve played, Klopp brought back a culture at the club which seemed to have disappeared.

In the years immediately prior to the German’s arrival, there had obviously been some very good times at Anfield.

Brendan Rodgers almost won the league, while Kenny Dalglish went so close to doing a domestic cup double.

Arriving just before that, Ryan Babel has now opened up on how he suffered with the culture at Anfield upon joining in 2007.

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Babel is a really interesting character.

As a 20-year-old from the famed Ajax academy, he looked like an exciting signing for Benitez and Liverpool.

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However, despite an early goal against Derby County, Babel failed to live up to expectations.

With fellow new signing Fernando Torres doing so well, it only increased the scrutiny on the Dutchman.

And speaking to The Athletic about those early days at Anfield, Babel has admitted that he found himself ‘unhappy’ at some broken promises from Liverpool.

“It was a little bit disappointing for myself because when I eventually chose Liverpool, I was promised to get time and was told they would really work with me.

You could really see it on the pitch at the time.

He went from being an elegant, pacy wide man at Ajax to being someone who just couldn’t seem to find a role under Benitez.

Nevertheless, it obviously wasn’t all bad for Babel.

One late winner against Manchester United in front of the Kop stands out as a really good moment and there were others, too.

In the end, Babel spent three-and-a-half years at Liverpool, leaving for Hoffenheim in January 2011 to link up with a certain Roberto Firmino.

Overall, 22 goals in 146 games and zero trophies didn’t make for an especially memorable Reds career for Babel.
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