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Star who quit Liverpool in summer weighs in on Reds losing three games in a row

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However, Quansah, who is currently with the England squad preparing for Thursday's Wembley friendly against Wales, dismissed the idea it's all going wrong at Anfield when questioned about Liverpool's poor run of form.The 22-year-old defender responded: "I'm not part of Liverpool any more. That is all I can say on that."Liverpool were anticipated to replace Quansah with Marc Guehi but the Crystal Palace captain's transfer to Anfield collapsed at the eleventh hour.



This has left some questioning whether Liverpool acted too hastily in offloading Quansah to Bayer Leverkusen for £35million during the summer.Yet the player himself revealed that he felt obliged to depart Anfield due to limited regular playing time.A return to Merseyside is not currently on his radar, despite Liverpool including a £51mbuy-back clause - which can be triggered in summer 2027 - in the agreement that sent Quansah to the Bundesliga.Jarell Quansah swapped Liverpool for Bayer Leverkusen in the summer (Image: Getty)When questioned about that clause, Quansah said: "I play for Leverkusen and I'm not in a position where I think I can just jump straight back in and be the best player in the world and solve every problem."I'm still young and I'm still going to make mistakes. The quicker I iron them out the quicker I can feel really, really confident with my own ability and know exactly the player I am because I still don't exactly know that yet.

If you try and move to another top Premier League side, you might not be playing in the Champions League."It's been good for myself to make that step and go abroad because I just wanted game time and when you are at a team like Liverpool, it's not promised because there are world-class players all over the pitch. I just wanted somewhere where they can trust that I might make mistakes at times but they will look under that and see I can keep pushing and pushing." Read next Invalid emailWe use your sign-up to provide content in ways you've consented to and to improve our understanding of you.