Steven Gerrard slams Liverpool for selling ‘fantastic’ star after Nottingham Forest draw

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He’s committed, he’s excellent out of possession, he’s physical. ‘And he’s playing out of position at the moment. You’ve got to remember he’s a right-back or a right-wingback and he’s doing a fantastic job for the team on the left.

Before kick-off, the former England midfielder expressed his disappointment with that decision: ‘This is a player that trains the way he plays. ‘He comes in every morning; he does everything right; he’s very professional; he’s a winner. He’s very aggressive, he’s a competitor, and we already knew he’d got the talent. ‘If you put everything around your talent, you can play at this level and you can stay at this level.

And I still think he hasn’t hit his ceiling yet; I still think he’s at an age where he can go to the next level with experience and time and more games. ‘He’s playing out of position; he’s doing an incredible job on the left side. Jeremie Frimpong has struggled at right-back for Liverpool (Photo: Getty) ‘For me, he’s a fantastic full-back and – I’m not just saying it and I apologise to the Forest fans – Liverpool should have kept him, that’s for sure.’ That decision is perhaps more infuriating as following the departure of Trent Alexander-Arnold to Real Madrid last summer, right-back has become a problem position for Liverpool. ‘I am worried on the right side,’ Gerrard aded post-match. ‘I think the evidence of that is when you’ve got to put arguably your best player, [Dominik] Szoboszlai, at right back again.