‘I performed with Luis Suarez at Liverpool – I’ve by no means seen anyone like him’
Jose Enrique has performed along with his fair proportion of high gamers – however none evaluate to ex-Liverpool hero Luis Suarez.
The Spaniard spent three years because the Uruguayan’s team-mate earlier than leaving for Barcelona in a £65million deal in 2014. His departure from Anfield got here simply months after Liverpool didn’t seize the Premier League title, regardless of topping the desk with simply three video games left of the season.
Suarez, 36, produced one of many biggest particular person seasons within the historical past of the league with 31 targets and 17 assists in simply 33 video games, regardless of being banned for the opening 5 video games of the 2013/14 marketing campaign.
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While Enrique, 37, performed simply eight video games that season as a consequence of persistent knee accidents, he had a front-row seat to Suarez’s brillianc. Speaking completely to Daily Star Sport, by way of Grosvenor Sport, the Spaniard spoke of simply how particular his former team-mate was.
“I think what Luis could do, I’ve never seen anyone do what he did in a Liverpool shirt,” Enrique stated. “I know Gerrard was world-class but I didn’t play with him in his prime. In the 13/14 season, I have never seen a player [like that], not just the numbers even though they were crazy, it was just how superior he was to every single person on the pitch.
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He added that he is but to see a participant carry out on the heights Suarez reached a decade in the past since. “He was different, you give him the ball and you know something is going to happen and it doesn’t matter if he goes against three defenders by himself. I didn’t see anyone in the Premier League doing that since Suarez.”
Despite his departure in 2014, Liverpool have gone on to reclaim their place as one of many main soccer powerhouses in Europe, led by Mohamed Salah. Enrique admitted that Salah is a “bigger Liverpool legend” than Suarez because of the silverware he is accrued at Anfield.
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“The reality is he’s breaking records, he stayed for longer, and he’s won a lot more trophies than Luis in the Liverpool shirt. Enrique has only two players who he’d put ahead of the Gremio striker as he added: “Both of them are legends of the membership however Luis is the most effective participant I’ve ever performed with, the one gamers I put forward of him are Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo.”