An enhance in hair transplant remedies would recommend many footballers are treasured over their locks – however one former Liverpool star is not one among them.
At least that seems to be the case after ex-Anfield defender Martin Skrtel has appeared with a reworked take care of retiring from the skilled sport final 12 months. The former Slovakia captain known as time on a 21-year profession in 2022, a lot of which noticed him sport an iconic skinhead that solely enhanced his intimidation issue.
But regardless of any assumption that coiffure – or lack thereof – was enforced upon 38-year-old Skrtel, he is proved fairly the other to be true. In truth, a contemporary image underlining that time left some supporters in a fair higher state of dread.
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Responding to a photograph of the 104-times capped centre-back displaying off his bulging equipment assortment, one social media person hilariously commented: “The fact he could grow a full head of hair this whole time and he still spent his 20’s rocking a whole skinhead is terrifying.”
Another responded: “Sorry! This guys chose to be bald? That’s mad! Why didn’t he just grow his hair. . .” And a fourth admirer chimed in: “He looks good with hair, he always looked like he was out for blood during his playing days.”
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Others had been fast to flood the feedback part with compliments of how good-looking Skrtel regarded in his new kind. But maybe its was simply Merseyside that took its toll on the participant, who began re-sprouting his hair as quickly as he left Liverpool for Fenerbahce in 2016.
The Slovak spent eight years at Anfield, successful the League Cup in 2012 and reaching the ultimate of the FA Cup that very same season. That was additionally the 12 months he was named Liverpool Player of the Year and lifted his nation’s Player of the Year award for the fourth and remaining time.
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After leaving Fenerbahce in 2019, Skrtel signed for Serie A facet Atalanta solely to depart the membership three years later, which was not less than partly attributed to his spouse, Barbora. He swiftly returned to Istanbul with Basaksehir and received the Super Lig in his first season earlier than signing for Spartak Trnava in 2021, the place he retired the next 12 months.
Since taking his depart of the pitch, Skrtel has taken on work as a scour for the Slovak giants however continues to play regionally for boyhood membership Hajskala Raztocno. And as a substitute of sparking concern in foes lately, it is the previous Red’s devilish beauty which can be prone to distract the opposition.