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There is one Liverpool squad photo from the Europa League in 2010 that has become synonymous with the transformation undertaken at the club, and one of the subjects chuckles when it appears. Liverpool Football Club of 2025 would find it hard to recognise its 2010 reiteration, not only on the pitch but off it.
You may recognise it as the one that often pops up on your social media feeds when an account is seeking to reflect on who Liverpool had to call upon then versus now. • READ: Isak wants to put Newcastle exit saga behind him – “it benefits nobody” Martin Kelly is one of the players in that picture, and he told the Athletic that he finds it amusing, with the night proving to be “one of my best achievements!” He explained: “Roy didn’t have the budget, so he was looking at free transfers and promoting youth. It’s used as the contrast between Liverpool then and Liverpool now.
“I always have a chuckle, because we drew 0-0 and they had Edinson Cavani up front. That was one of my best achievements! • READ: LFC injury latest: Alisson, Wataru Endo, Ibrahima Konate and 4 more “The club wasn’t in a great place, but you knew when FSG came in that they would improve things.” The match finished 0-0 and for many remains symbolic of how much the club has evolved on the pitch and off it.