Liverpool transfer news: The four stages of Ryan Kent's summer of discontent

The four stages of Ryan Kent’s summer of discontent

GLASGOW, SCOTLAND - MAY 12: Ryan Kent of Rangers and Jeremy Toljan of Celtic challenge for the ball during the Ladbrokes Scottish Premiership match between Rangers and Celtic at Ibrox Stadium on May 12, 2019 in Glasgow, Scotland. (Photo by Mark Runnacles/Getty Images) /

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BIRKENHEAD, ENGLAND – JULY 12: Ben Woodburn of Liverpool celebrates with Ryan Kent after scoring from the penalty spot during a pre-season friendly match between Tranmere Rovers and Liverpool at Prenton Park on July 12, 2017 in Birkenhead, England. (Photo by Alex Livesey/Getty Images) /

Riding the merry-go-round

Leeds United eventually looked as if they would want to bring Kent to Elland Road, but only after they managed to sell Kemar Roofe to Anderlecht.

Sweet, you thought, Kent would just have to play a classic game of transfer merry-go-round. Roofe goes out, money goes in, money is spent on Kent and Kent goes out. Standard.

Except it didn’t end up being as standard as we all thought it was going to be as Leeds ripped up the script and decided they’d rather sign Arsenal youngster Eddie Nketiah on loan instead.

That wasn’t in the playbook. And once more it looked like both player and club would have to go back to the drawing board.

With time ticking down and only a forbidden loan deal on the table, things were starting to look bad for Kent. The player didn’t want to waste any more of his career by playing U23 football, and so begun stage three – or as I like to call it – the good fight.