I'd have done well under a different boss at Liverpool - all I wanted was a bit of respect

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Long before Liverpool's success over the past decade, one failed signing was left wishing he'd worked under a different manager after his treatment left him "baffled"Failed Liverpool signing Robbie Keane believes his Anfield tenure would have worked out if Rafa Benitez had given him more respect. He still managed a decent return of 12 direct goal contributions (seven goals, five assists) in 28 games for the Reds, but was swiftly sold back to Spurs in February 2009.And according to Keane - whose first senior club, Wolves, travel to Anfield on Saturday - it was his relationship with Benitez that ended up ruining his stay at Anfield.

However, he's assured the stint would have panned out very differently with someone else in charge.READ MORE: Liverpool signing labelled 'nervous wreck' after Man Utd 'got a bit too much' for himREAD MORE: Roy Keane delivers scathing Virgil van Dijk assessment with Liverpool claim - 'What are you doing'"Of course I wish it had gone differently, but I have no regrets," he told Icon magazine in 2009. However, his partnership with the likes of Fernando Torres and Dirk Kuyt wasn't quite as fruitful as hoped.Keane, whose supposed fandom of Liverpool has come under scrutiny, failed to score in his first 11 Premier League outings for Liverpool, though he did set up four goals during that drought.

Typically, his scoring numbers picked back up again at Tottenham, suggesting it was indeed a tactical issue rather than the player simply being subpar.As for which manager Keane subbed the best of his career, that honour goes to Gordon Strachan. "I got to work with Gordon Strachan, the best manager I have ever played for.