Andy Robertson is set to leave Liverpool this season after a glittering career at Anfield but his final campaign with the club has been a disappointment for all at the club
Andy Robertson believes Liverpool’s disappointing season has been caused by their new signings struggling to adapt to life at Anfield - but fully expects all of them to be successes with time.
The Reds have endured a tricky season after winning the Premier League under Arne Slot last term. Ahead of the final game of the season against Brentford, Liverpool sit fifth and need at least a point to rubber-stamp their spot in next season’s Champions League.
The campaign also sees Robertson round off a glittering career with the club on a bit of a sour note. But the Scottish defender is clear on why things haven’t gone as expected this season.
"I think in terms of the club that I am leaving behind I think we are not at the 2017 stage, we are at the transition stage," Robertson said.
"We won the league last year [and] the environment was very similar. We had to go at 100% in every single game and the messages were very clear from the manager, the backroom staff and from everyone in the building. We wanted to achieve something special last year.
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"We bought players [last summer] that we all got excited about, and they will all have an unbelievable career at Liverpool. I have no doubt about that. But they are also young. The one thing I get annoyed about in football is that footballers do not control their price tag. We don’t control it, the market controls it.
"If a team is willing to pay it, or they want to sell you and they put a price tag on you - that has nothing to do with the players and these players will be successful for Liverpool.
"I have seen more than enough in training and in games and their attitude that they will be successful. But it has shown that they probably need a little bit of time. And then some players who have played at a ridiculously high level, we haven’t played to that level.
"If you add all that in then we have had an inconsistent season and that is the huge frustration for us. We have tried to search for consistency, we have tried to search for answers this season and we have not managed to find it.
"And we have been too easy to play against. There is no hiding away from that but for the future of Liverpool I believe they have more than enough in that changing room to go and achieve more things again. That is what I want, that is what the club wants, that is what everyone wants.
"I believe they can be successful again and I wish it was this season and then I would have maybe added a trophy or two onto an already pretty impressive trophy cabinet. But it wasn’t meant to be and next season I think they will be right back at it. Now this year hasn’t worked out for a variety of reasons."
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footballers do not control their price tag. Very true