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just watching LFCTV and its just showing goals from 2001-02 and i still dont know the thoughts that allowed anelka to leave liverpool he was brilliant , i know some will come back with it was because houllier was ill but it wasnt rocket science to see how good anelka was and has been strange decision . P.S. jari litmanen what a very good player he was i loved watching him play another one from that season under valued .

Anelka is a strange man, whats done is done. Pointless thread really.

why is pointless just an observation and an opinion , plus no one can tell me anelka was more strange than diouf

He was, Anelka is a very strange man.

Diouf is just a pr1ck

more strange or troublsome than diouf no chance

my short term memory is not as good as i would like. Did we get Diouf and Cisse the same season? Is that why we didn't get Anelka permanently? Or was it just El hadji?

cisse was a bit later on and diouf was a 10 million pound anelka replacement , just watching him on those clips and i can recall he wanted to be part of liverpool but houllier thought different and it was possibly the start of his downfall.

yeah i agree.... its a good what if. Anelka has been excellent for Chelsea over the last few years and really settled down off the field too! Diouf has had moments of excellence mixed with months of mediocrity. Wrong choice in hindsight

It was one of the biggest regrets as a Liverpool fan for me, that Houllier decided not to sign Anelka - who was keen to stay permanently - and to buy Diouf instead.

It was said at the time that they had a falling out, and that was the reason behind it, but I never heard what happened or what it was over. He was one that got away.

Litmanen was a hell of a player. We got him too late in his career for my liking, but even then, he was still a joy to watch play. That season we had him, Fowler, Owen & Heskey - what a strikeforce that was. Fowler was sold and replaced with Anelka for 6 months and unfortunately then Diouf.