I know how Giorgi Mamardashvili feels at Liverpool because the same thing happened to me

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I don't know how bad Ali is, but it's for him now to give the manager a headache and say, ‘When Ali is back fit, I think it's harsh if you drop me.’“It's tough because he knows that he's got to perform to have any chance of staying in or to get run in the team, he's got to perform to an exceptional standard. But I still think he's got another two or three years at the top of his level, because he's outstanding.“Mamardashvili has just got to be ready when his chances come, play well.

There was something going on with that.“And I got a knock on the door and Gordon Strachan popped his head and said, ‘Kirky, come out.’ And he told me they've had a bid off Liverpool.“And I must admit, my first thoughts were, ‘God, Liverpool, it's miles away from home.’ Steve Ogrizovic (Coventry legend and former Liverpool goalkeeper) was at Highfield Road and was amazing with me, as was Jim Blythe, the goalie coach.“But Oggy was at Highfield Road for something and Gordon went, ‘Oggy's here. You should be in the car on the way up to Liverpool!’“I said, ‘I'm just a little bit nervous about leaving home.’ He said, ‘Listen, you'll be fine.

But there were a few clubs interested and I’d said I'm not interested in that.“But when it was Liverpool, even though I was going to be number two, I was never going to turn that down.”Of course, it helped that Kirkland was not actually aware that Liverpool were also working on a deal to sign Dudek until both were close to completion.“I never knew that was going on,” he revealed. I knew that Liverpool wanted to sign me, but I didn't know everything else that was going on with Jerzy or signing one or the other.“All I know is when I got the call that they were going to sign two ‘keepers.