Jordon Ibe
Starting with the one of the most recent departures from Liverpool, Jordon Ibe showed bags of potential in his four-year stint at the club.
After signing as a 16-year old from Wycombe Wanderers, Ibe made his Premier League debut the following season on the final day, setting up Philippe Coutinho in a 1-0 victory over QPR.
Over the next few seasons, Ibe would head out on loan to Birmingham City and Derby County. He scored six goals in 30 games combined and most notably helped Birmingham survive relegation to League 1 on the final day of the 13/14 season.
After being re-called from Derby County in January 2015, Ibe had an immediate impact in the Merseyside Derby, being named Man of the Match in a goalless draw at Goodison Park.
He would then go on to score four goals for the club before his move to Bournemouth, as he struggled to become a regular in the Premier League for the Reds.
Overall, the departure of Ibe was disappointing for many, a man who Steven Gerrard continuously praised publicly during his time at the club. However, gaining a large profit on the player was impressive and with a reported buy-back clause in his contract, Ibe may yet be back in a Liverpool jersey once again.
Suso
A player with supreme technical ability, Suso’s much promised Liverpool career struggled to kick start.
After being convinced by none other than Rafa Benitez, Suso chose Liverpool as his next club in 2010, signing from Cadiz, and turning down approaches from Real Madrid and Barcelona.
Suso had a brief breakthrough into the first team at the start of the 12/13 season under Brendan Rodgers, including his first start in the 5-2 demolishing of Norwich.
However, he was forced back into the youth setup later that year after additions in the transfer market. After a year out on loan in Spain to Almeria, Suso returned to Liverpool in 2014, making a brief cameo appearance in the League Cup, before Leaving for a small compensation fee to Milan in January 2015.
Suso’s Milan career struggled to get going in 2015, making only a few cameo appearances towards the end of the season. This led to a loan spell at fellow Serie A side Genoa in January 2016 in which Suso thrived.
He scored six goals in 19 appearances, including a hat-trick in a 4-0 win vs Frosinone. In his best run of senior appearances, Suso displayed all his potential that was once talked about so much in his younger years.
As we start the 16/17 season, Suso has returned to Milan, playing the entire 90 minutes in their season opener against Torino, in what could be his breakout season at a parent club.
Suso’s departure still upsets me to this day, a truly gifted player who could never show it consistently at LFC. If Suso continues to get first team minutes at Milan, I have no doubts he will be a real success, which is the reason why I feel Liverpool will definitely regret letting him leave the club.
Jerome Sinclair
Even Liverpool’s youngest ever player failed to make the grade in his time at the club.
An impressive run of form in the 2012/13 under 18’s pre-season led to Jerome Sinclair becoming Liverpool’s youngest ever player in a competitive game at only 16 years and 6 days old.
However, many injuries and a failed loan move to Wigan in the following seasons led to a frustrated Sinclair, who constantly felt he was under-valued and deserved a chance in the first team.
After scoring his first senior goal vs Exeter in the FA Cup, Sinclair announced he would depart at the end of the 15/16 season after failing to reach an agreement over a new contract at the club.
Now at Watford, Sinclair is fighting for his chance in the starting XI that he most desperately wants, in order to prove his goal-scoring ability.
He has been named on the bench in one of the opening two matches but is yet to make his first Premier League appearance for The Hornets.
It is important to remember just how young Sinclair is.
He is only 19 years old with a big career ahead of him if he is given the chance.
I still believe he will be a success and could possibly gain an England cap in the future. However, it proved that his wage demands were too great for a player who hadn’t yet proved himself at a senior level.
Joao Carlos Teixeira
Another recent departure features a player who received playing time in many of last year’s cup games.
Joao Teixeira was signed from Sporting Lisbon in January 2012 after impressive performances against the young Reds in the Next-Gen Series.
After staring for the U21s, Teixiera was sent out on loan twice in the following two seasons, making his Liverpool debut vs Fulham in between.
After an unsuccessful spell at Brentford, a loan move to Brighton is where his career really took off, playing regularly in the Championship. He scored six goals before breaking his leg a month before the end of the season.
Despite this injury, he was still named Brighton’s Young Player of the Year.
After this season, Teixeira failed to break into the first team, making limited appearances in cup fixtures. This led to him rejecting a new Liverpool contract and returning to Portugal to play for FC Porto.
Currently Teixeira has been an unused sub in one of the two Primeira Liga games for Porto.
Teixeira displayed astute technical ability in his time at Liverpool, but due to his age he was no longer a ‘youngster’ and could not wait around for his chance at Liverpool any longer. Although it was sad to see him leave, I do not feel he had the talent to break in to the first team in the next two seasons, but still may develop into a regular for the Portuguese giants in years to come.
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