Ex-Liverpool star John Barnes slept outside train station with homeless on journey to Champions League final

LIVERPOOL LEGEND JOHN Barnes says he had to sleep outside of a train station in Barcelona with homeless people on his journey to Madrid for the Champions League final.

The 55-year-old travelled to the Spanish capital to see his former side take on Tottenham in the European decider at the Wanda Metropolitano Stadium.

But the ex-England winger’s trip from the Greek island Santorini to Spain took much longer than expected after his first flight was cancelled, leading to him spending a few hours lying outside the station before finally making it to Madrid.

“I was with my family in Santorini, I had to be here at 8:30am on Thursday morning,” he told Liverpool Echo.

My flight from Santorini got cancelled, so I then had to fly from Santorini to Athens, from Athens to Barcelona.

“Got to Barcelona 2am in the morning, my train, I had to get a train to Madrid, it was not until 5am, the train station is not open till 4am, from 2am until 4am I was lying on the floor outside the train station with a lot of homeless people before the train station opened.

“That’s how committed I was to getting here.”

Barnes says he was determined to get through his arduous journey to see Jurgen Klopp’s team in action, taking a jibe at some of his fellow former stars who he believes would not have gone to such extreme lengths.

I am not going to mention any names, about other divas who played for Liverpool, my former teammates who would have wanted to be in a five star hotel,” he added.

“I slept on the floor of the train station for three hours, that is how much of a fan I am. I am not going to say who wouldn’t have done it… Ian Rush… But apart from that, that is my commitment to the cause.”

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