Liverpool star's reason for joining Real Madrid after club's 'awful' behavior

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I didn't associate my club with dealing with people like that. "When they got rid of Evo, and the way they did it, I made up my mind then: 'Right, I'm leaving.' I told Gerard early on, and he kept it quiet, all credit to him.

I was playing really good football, and I needed to test myself. I felt that I needed to go.

"I wanted to go abroad, I didn't want to play for somebody against Liverpool. I was playing good football and I had the right kind of clubs interested in me - Barcelona, Madrid, and Juventus.