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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. spot on about jari same goes for karl heinz-riedle come to the club far to late in there careers but both brilliant .
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yeh .i can see a bit of litmanin in suarez.should of kept anelka but i think houlier was just being too smart for his own good.
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More like he was cutting off his nose to spite his face!
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More like he was cutting off his nose to spite his face! that wasnt the only time. 1) not buying anelka 2) selling fowler 3) playing heskey week in week out and giving us [oops] about all he needed to be the best striker in the world was confidence 4) playing djimi traore
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More like he was cutting off his nose to spite his face! that wasnt the only time. 1) not buying anelka 2) selling fowler 3) playing heskey week in week out and giving us [oops] about all he needed to be the best striker in the world was confidence 4) playing djimi traore Selling Fowler was one of the biggest mistakes ever, imo. I remember reading a quote from Houllier when he first signed Traore, that long after he's gone from the club, the fans will thank him for bringing Traore to the club. Lol...
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More like he was cutting off his nose to spite his face! that wasnt the only time. 1) not buying anelka 2) selling fowler 3) playing heskey week in week out and giving us [oops] about all he needed to be the best striker in the world was confidence 4) playing djimi traore Selling Fowler was one of the biggest mistakes ever, imo. I remember reading a quote from Houllier when he first signed Traore, that long after he's gone from the club, the fans will thank him for bringing Traore to the club. Lol... Correct! What a strange quote!  More like: "fans will hate him for selling Fowler"!
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Fowler's career was over when we sold him. He got the odd goal for Leeds / City but not looking after himself and the collision with Everton goalkeeper that was it. He was brilliant when he was at his peak but the Fowler under Houlliers final days was a pale shadow. As for Anelka it was odd he played well enough for Liverpool (but not great) but enough to warrant a deal. Then suddenly the deal was off we never really found out why but something was up.
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Agreed!
But remember that the fall out with Phil Thompson also helped Fowler out of the club! He could still show glimpses of quality when Rafa brought him back in January 2006 though.
Deals that look done sometimes never happen, but the strangest thing with the Anelka deal was that we suddenly signed Traoré instead of him!
What were the odds on that happening?
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I always feel sad when I think of Fowler. His talent was immense but his career was cut short but I do feel much of this was self inflicted not all some was bad luck. But trouble seemed to find him time after time. Once can be excused but it happened too many times.
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houllier made decisions at the end of the 2001/02 season that cost liverpool the league and cost him his job , that summer liverpool got rid of a top striker in anelka and macallister retired , he replaced them with big money signings of diouf'diao and cheryou plus a couple of others , benitez did the same hyypia and alonso leaving and getting replaced with very much lesser players , just proves big characters leaving thats are not replaced properly will be costly .
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