‘I performed with Liverpool ace who ought to have been nearly as good as Brazilian Ronaldo’

Stan Collymore may have been one of many world’s biggest gamers, says his former Liverpool team-mate Jason McAteer.

Collymore loved an impressive two seasons taking part in for Nottingham Forest between 1993 and 1995, scoring 25 objectives as they completed third within the Premier League in 1994/95. That earned him a £8.5million transfer to English giants Liverpool in the summertime.

The gifted striker initially fashioned a fruitful partnership with Robbie Fowler, scoring 14 league objectives in his first season. But he quickly fell out of favour in his second time period and was displaced by future Ballon d’Or winner Michael Owen, earlier than being bought to Aston Villa for a membership document price.

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Collymore went on to finish his profession in 2001 aged simply 30, together with his time at Anfield being the top of his profession. That is regardless of McAteer, who performed in midfield for the Reds, claiming Collymore’s expertise was on the identical degree as Ronaldo Nazario’s – a two-time Ballon d’Or and twice World Cup winner with Brazil.

Now a pundit, McAteer make clear the Englishman’s idiosyncrasies on Under The Cosh and defined why his behaviour didn’t endear him to the dressing room, which in flip impacted his performances and minimize his time on the prime degree brief.

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He stated: “Stan used to drive in from an hour away, so he was at all times final in and first out. He didn’t combine… he didn’t endear himself to the tradition we have been constructing. He was very a lot a loaner.

“Stan’s relationship with the gamers went south in a short time. He signed with huge expectations. It’s a disgrace actually since you have a look at Ronaldo and all these gamers at the moment. He had every thing to be nearly as good as them. He had all of the instruments.

“I perceive now he suffered with psychological well being. Maybe the expectation was an excessive amount of for him, or the tradition of the dressing room. Different issues may need performed their half.

“I bump into him every now and again. Stan’s just Stan. I just feel it’s a shame because he could have been one of the best. He just didn’t fulfil the potential.”

McAteer agreed on the podcast that Collymore was the kind of one that wanted an “arm around his shoulder” and would typically be allowed to get away with issues which others didn’t. He acknowledged that Liverpool’s endurance wore skinny ultimately, which means they have been keen to half methods with the ahead.