Liverpool flop Andrea Dossena admitted he regrets what he did after signing for the membership.
In July 2008, Liverpool paid £7million for the Italian left-back to switch the outgoing John Arne Riise, however he by no means lived as much as expectations at Anfield. After impressing at Udinese in Serie A and changing into an Italy worldwide, his time in England all however noticed his profession crumble.
Dossena would play simply 18 months for Liverpool earlier than he was shipped off to Napoli after falling out of favour below Rafael Benitez. Reflecting on his time in Merseyside, Dossena admitted he by no means tailored to life in England – regardless of scoring two well-known targets towards Real Madrid and Manchester United within the area of per week.
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Speaking to the Liverpool Echo, Dossena stated: “In Italy we’ve a tradition of labor that’s rather more based mostly on amount, whilst you (in England) are excellent at having an optimum amount/high quality ratio. In my opinion we lack this with a purpose to adapt to your soccer as a result of once we not work, as the amount incorporates, the standard decreases accordingly.
“At least this was my drawback in my case. I got here from a tradition of a number of weekly work and in Liverpool we performed each three days and we by no means educated. I’d have needed to practice in my private time in order that on the time of my employment, I may have been at my 100%.
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“I spoke to Benitez, I wasn’t physically well. It wasn’t his fault but I understood that I had to work on my own. But being inexperienced I didn’t do it. My fault!
Dossena admitted he regrets how his time at Liverpool went, but revealed he grew from the experience. He continued: “I certainly regret not being able to give my best due to my inexperience. No regrets about joining the club though, because in any case, Liverpool helped me grow both as a man, a footballer at the time, and as a coach today.”
The full-back returned to England to play for Sunderland and Leyton Orient in brief spells. He’s now supervisor of Serie C facet Pro Vercelli who’re within the promotion hunt this season.