Ex-Liverpool player quits UK and claims country 'isn't what it was 15 years ago'

Below is a summary of the full article. Click here for the full version from Liverpool.com or go back to LFC Live.

"I've since seen a few things like, 'He's gone there for money.' I'm thinking, 'What money?' There's no money in the UAE Second Division League," he told BBC Sport. I'm happy and content.

"I'm just at the stage now where I want to enjoy football. "If I'm honest, I don't want my children growing up in England any more.

You can't have your phone out in London, in my view." He continued: "I'm not massive on reading politics. "I see people getting arrested for tweeting and, then, all of the flags and 'taking back the country.' "I'm not going to sit here and comment on things like that because I'm not clever enough to, and I'll get myself into trouble if I carry on, but I just feel that the UK isn't what it was 10 to 15 years ago." The 33-year-old enjoyed a three-year stint at Liverpool from 2010 to 2013, featuring in 69 matches and netting seven goals.