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The top 12 biggest Liverpool transfer disappointments

By Russell Hughes

19 Mar 2002: Jari Litmanen of Liverpool celebrates after scoring the first goal with a penalty during the Liverpool v AS Roma UEFA Champions League, Group B match at Anfield, Liverpool. DIGITAL IMAGE. Mandatory Credit: Shaun Botterill/Getty Images
19 Mar 2002: Jari Litmanen of Liverpool celebrates after scoring the first goal with a penalty during the Liverpool v AS Roma UEFA Champions League, Group B match at Anfield, Liverpool. DIGITAL IMAGE. Mandatory Credit: Shaun Botterill/Getty Images /
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19 Mar 2002: Jari Litmanen of Liverpool celebrates after scoring the first goal with a penalty during the Liverpool v AS Roma UEFA Champions League, Group B match at Anfield, Liverpool. DIGITAL IMAGE. Mandatory Credit: Shaun Botterill/Getty Images
19 Mar 2002: Jari Litmanen of Liverpool celebrates after scoring the first goal with a penalty during the Liverpool v AS Roma UEFA Champions League, Group B match at Anfield, Liverpool. DIGITAL IMAGE. Mandatory Credit: Shaun Botterill/Getty Images /

Football fans the world over are used to transfer disappointments and Liverpool is no different.

The club has had a few over the years, but this list look at 12 that hurt supporters the most. Not because they were the worst, but because they just didn’t work quite as they wanted.

That could have been for a number of reasons – perhaps they never bedded in properly or hit the heights that were expected. Maybe they were played out of position, or sold too early.

Whatever the reason, fans invest a lot of emotional energy in football and in new arrivals and it can hurt when it doesn’t work out.

And it’s for that reason that you’ll find players who had an okay career at Anfield on this list, but perhaps never played to the best of their talent.

So scroll down through this list to read about 12 of the biggest Liverpool transfer disappointments and read about the justification via this Reddit feed.

EINDHOVEN, NETHERLANDS – DECEMBER 09: Robbie Keane of Liverpool looks on during the UEFA Champions League Group D match between PSV Eindhoven and Liverpool at the Philips Stadium on December 9, 2008 in Eindhoven, Netherlands. (Photo by Ryan Pierse/Getty Images)
EINDHOVEN, NETHERLANDS – DECEMBER 09: Robbie Keane of Liverpool looks on during the UEFA Champions League Group D match between PSV Eindhoven and Liverpool at the Philips Stadium on December 9, 2008 in Eindhoven, Netherlands. (Photo by Ryan Pierse/Getty Images) /

Robbie Keane

Irish striker Robbie Keane was only given six months at Liverpool before being sold back to Tottenham Hotspur.

There is an air of mystery around the signing and why it didn’t last very long, but one thing is for sure: fans never ever saw the best version of Keane.

With 19 league appearances and five goals, things never really clicked for the Republic of Ireland international.

Keane blamed manager at the time Rafa Benitez for his failure. “He [Benitez] wanted to change me to a left winger and I mean I am clearly not a left winger, and that is obviously clear for everyone to see,” the Daily Star reported that the striker complained.

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