Benayoun played for two further English clubs, Arsenal and a return to West Ham, before playing out the rest of his career for an assortment of Israeli clubs before retiring in 2019. Kuyt left for Fenerbahce in 2012 and eventually wound up back at Feyenoord, calling it a day in 2017 before briefly coming out of retirement to turn out for amateur club Quick Boys. Now manager at Rangers, Gerrard already has experience of coaching at Anfield after taking charge of their youth side for a year. Country: England ## England International ... Liverpool midfielder Thiago Alcantara has tested positive for coronavirus, the Premier League champions confirmed on Tuesday.... more » 28.09.2020 23:50. The Israel midfielder, replaced late on by Javier Mascherano against Debrecen, left for Chelsea at the end of the season. Take your favorite fandoms with you and never miss a beat. Liverpool FC » Squad 2008/2009. . Even then, he didn’t see out the game, with Ryan Babel replacing him for the final 10 minutes. READ: Remembering when Pepe Reina played as a midfielder for Liverpool. Skrtel then returned to Turkey to join Istanbul Basaksehir, making 27 appearances in the 2019-20 season, during which he turned 35. See more information. Klopp wowed by Liverpool's early season form. I will remember that time forever.”. Johnson enjoyed a brief Indian Summer after leaving Liverpool for Stoke City in 2015, bizarrely becoming a transfer target for Barcelona and also earning a recall to the England squad. Babel, meanwhile, has enjoyed a career resurgence in recent years, earning a recall to the Holland squad and playing some of the best football of his career in Turkey, where he now plays for Galatasaray. While Reina was always a reliable stopper under Benitez, the manager was not as convinced by his abilities to play in midfield. We’ve taken a look back at the Liverpool team from that night, as picked by Rafa Benitez. Best known for his bromance with Gary Neville, it’s a little known fact that Carragher was once a defender for Liverpool. Liverpool showed more urgency after half time, and were awarded a penalty on 55 minutes when Glen Johnson's run was ended by keeper Heurelho Gomes' challenge. Squad of Liverpool FC . Squad Liverpool Season 2009-10 Premier League: Reina, Johnson, Insúa, Carragher, … The fixtures for the 2009–10 Premier League season were announced on 17 June, with Liverpool being handed an away fixture to Tottenham Hotspur. Hardly one of Benitez’s greatest buys, Insua made 62 appearances in all competitions across four seasons at Anfield before joining Sporting Lisbon after a loan spell at Galatasaray. The mother of a young Liverpool fan who wrote to Jurgen Klopp regarding his worries about moving schools said on Monday that they had been "blown away" by the Reds boss' thoughtful reply.... more » 08.10.2020 13:59. Since leaving in 2017, he has proved just as popular with Lazio fans after taking to Serie A like a duck to water. The squad overview can be embedded on the own homepage via iframe. Striker Robbie Keane joined Liverpool in July 2008, but returned to Tottenham Hotspur in January 2009. He’s surely going to get the top job at Liverpool at some point. Riera was sold to Olympiacos in 2010, while spells in Turkey, Italy, Spain and Slovenia followed before his retirement in 2018. Kuyt left for Fenerbahce in 2012 and eventually wound up back at Feyenoord, calling it a day in 2017 before briefly coming out of retirement to turn out for amateur club Quick Boys. READ: The greatest goals never scored: Fernando Torres vs Real Madrid, 2009, The greatest goals never scored: Fernando Torres vs Real Madrid, 2009. The left-back then earned a move to Atletico Madrid but once again struggled to establish himself, although he has settled in the last four years at Stuttgart. READ: Dirk Kuyt: The Liverpool cult hero Jurgen Klopp would have loved. Benayoun had scored his first Premier League hat-trick just a few days before the Debrecen game, hitting three of Liverpool’s four goals against Burnley, but didn’t score again until the home defeat to Lyon in October that all but sealed the Reds’ Champions League fate. Rafael Benítez was the club's manager, this being his sixth season in charge. Liverpool did not win any trophies in the 2007–08 season. READ: Yossi Benayoun: The featherweight footballer who packed a punch. “He said that at his age, he had trouble playing in a three-man defence which is understandable,” coach Gian Piero Gasperini said. The 2009–10 Premier League was Liverpool's 118th season since their foundation, and their 47th consecutive year in the top flight. Liverpool’s Mr Consistency ended the 2009-10 season with 11 goals, part of a run of five straight double-figure seasons, but only one of those 11 came after February. Please click the button "Send inquiry" which opens a new e-mail message. A scrappy 1-0 win, courtesy of Dirk Kuyt’s strike in first-half stoppage time, set the tone for the rest of their tournament, as the Reds failed to qualify for the knockout stages, finishing third behind Fiorentina and Lyon. After stints at Chelsea, Milan and Atletico Madrid, the striker finished his career in Japan with Sagan Tosu, announcing his retirement in 2019. The 2009-10 season wasn’t Torres’ most productive in a Liverpool shirt, with injuries limiting him to 32 appearances in all competitions, but he remained a reliable goalscorer in that period before being rushed back by Spain for the World Cup. Spanish winger Riera featured a lot less in 2009-10 than in the previous season, with Maxi Rodriguez’s January arrival effectively signalling the end for him at Liverpool. Oh, and a very brief stint with Watford. Northern Premier League Division One North West. DEFENDERS 4 Virgil van Dijk 12 Joe Gomez 21 Kostas Tsimikas 26 Andy Robertson 32 Joel Matip … History Comments Share. Of the 2009-10 campaign, which proved to be his last at Liverpool, Insua told The Guardian: “It is also amazing for me to look back and remember I was in the same team as Torres, Gerrard, Carragher, Reina, Mascherano … a lot of big players who have had big careers. Filter by season : Compact. Steven Gerrard converted the penalt… After spending three years at Fenerbahce, Skrtel left the Turkish outfit for Serie A side Atalanta in 2019 only to have his contract terminated by mutual consent three weeks later. READ: Seven reasons why Lucas will always be loved by Liverpool fans and players. However, things never really clicked for him at Stamford Bridge in the same way. Liverpool FC » Squad 2009/2010. Spurs took the lead a minute before half time when left back Benoît Assou-Ekotto scored from 30 yards, after Tom Huddlestone's free kick had been blocked. Edit. They probably expected an easier night. True story. This whole Martin-Skrtel-with-hair business cannot go on pic.twitter.com/9ZmLTnZLc3, — No Score Draws (FKA Panini Cheapskates) (@CheapPanini) September 2, 2019. Liverpool’s Mr Consistency ended the 2009-10 season with 11 goals, part of a run of five straight double-figure seasons, but only one of those 11 came after February. Kuyt, who was taken off for Fabio Aurelio late on, scored the only goal of the game on that uninspiring night against Debrecen. After receiving the request we will send the iframe as an e-mail reply. Please add the homepage on which the squad is supposed to be embedded. On September 16, 2009, Liverpool began their latest Champions League campaign against Hungarian champions Debrecen at Anfield. Even with Liverpool thriving, we’re sure there are plenty of fans who sorely miss the midfielder, who played more than 300 games over a decade on Merseyside.