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The Liverpool academy graduate’s decision not to renew his contract and leave in the summer led to him being booed by his own fans during the match against Arsenal in May after he had made his decision public. “He has to have his own feelings and enjoy it his own way, so I am not going to say how he needs to feel.
“For sure his history is different from mine, he was born and bred in Liverpool, I remember him from a young age in the academy and then coming to the first team and winning the Champions League. It is a big change for him to come to Liverpool after so many years in Germany, he’s been there all his life.
He has quality and personality and he’s competitive. Hopefully not tomorrow, but I’ve no doubt he will show his quality and class.”
