Players who declined after leaving Liverpool

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Left Liverpool in 2018 for £142M Dropped off significantly after joining new club- never loved by fans at new club Sent out on loan to Aston Villa, Bayern Munich Signed by Aston Villa and sent out on loan to Al Duhail and Vasco De Gama

Left Liverpool in 2004 for £8M Poor start at new club, criticism from fans and media Left after one season to go back to Premier League Injury and illness kept him out of the squad at his new club freqeuntly Rumours of leaving the club coupled with refusing to play and falling out with the manager Went to a Liverpool rival betraying his boyhood club and floundered making limited appearance and scoring 5 goals in 3 seasons Ended up at a club who finished 13th in the league

Left Liverpool in 1986 for £3.2M returned on loan to Liverpool for the first season only scored 8 goals in 29 games ambiguously quoted as saying "it was like living in a foreign country"- felt homesick he returned to Liverpool for £2.7M in 1988

Left Liverpool in 2011 for £50M Played 918 minutes until scoring his first goal scored 1 goal in his first season after leaving scored 11 in second season and final season Loaned out to MIilan only scoring once bought by Milan and loaned to Atletico Madrid scoring 3,11, was then signed by atletico madrid scoring 8 and 5, sold to japanese league scoring 5 in 35

Left Liverpool in 2022 for £27.4M scored 7 league goals in 25 games in 2022/23 scored 12 in 38 in first season away from Liverpool He was then fined and suspended for reportedly punching a teammate after a 3-0 loss in the UCL. He left the club that summer for Saudi Arabia

Left Liverpool in 2021 for free played 38 times in first season, scoring 3 goals loaned out in second season making 23 appearances and scoring twice sold to saudi league the season after