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‘My favourite player’: John Barnes says he actually loves £29m player Liverpool let go more than Mo Salah

Charles Jones

Wed 20 December 2023 16:45, UK

Liverpool have had some truly legendary players come through Anfield over the past 10 years.

The likes of Alisson Becker, Virgil van Dijk, Sadio Mane and Mohamed Salah ar🎀e all bona fide club legends at this point, and it’s hard to choose a f💟avourite from this bunch of icons.

Speaking to , John Barnes has been discussing Liverpool’s recent success, and he says that his favourite player from this era is actually Roberto Firmino.

Firmino is Barnes’ favourite player from the past decade

The Liverpool legend spoke about the man and how mu🦹ch he loves him.

“The withdrawn centre-forward was my favourite player of Liverpool over the past 10 years, that’s Bobby Firmino, Salah and Mane did what 𝕴they did becausജe of Bobby Firmino. Now all of a sudden we have a different centre-forward, the midfield is different and Mo’s role is different, so it’s a transitional period,” Barnes said.

Incredible

Firmino may have now left Liverpool, but every single fan must still have a soft s𝐆pot for the Brazilian.

Firmino was such a unique player, he almost reinvented his positi🦄on during his time 🎶as a false nine in the Premier League, and the way he played was just so joyful.

He’d try things that many players couldn’t even dream of doing, and he 🌌helped both Mane and Salah become superstars.

Make no mistake about it, Salah wouldn’t be the player he is today if it weren’t for that t🌟ime alongside Firmino, and, ultimately, that may be Firmino’s Anfield legacy.

Firmino never won a𝓀 Player of the Year or Golden Boot award, but for a period, he was undoubtedly the Reds’ most important player, and, perhaps more importantly, he was definitely the most entertaining and exciting player in Jurgen Klopp’s side.

We can absolutely 🍒understand why Barnes is suc🔜h a big fan of Firmino.