Updated at 11.26
RYAN KENT HAS suggested former club Liverpool lied to him as he sought a move to Rangers.
The move finally went through and the winger returned to the club where he’d had a successful loan spell in the 2018-19 season on a permanent basis on the last day of the Scottish transfer window.
Jurgen Klopp made it clear that there was no place for Kent at Anfield, but protracted nature of the transfer deal left the 22-year-old frustrated, but he’s happy now the result he wanted came to pass.
“It was very tough,” Kent told a press conference. “I had to stay mentally strong.
When you are told you can do one thing and then you are lied to and it doesn’t happen, that is quite hard to take.
“I just had to keep myself fit and train on my own and make sure I keep my fitness levels up and I was waiting for a moment like this to arrive.
“There’s no bitter taste, the thing that I wanted from the start happened at the end so I am just happy with that.
“There were probably some slight concerns along the way when I thought this might not happen and I might have to plan for something else but I always had a feeling that it might go to the last day of the window and that’s what happened.”
The move to Rangers almost never came off, but Kent wouldn’t have remained at Anfield either way.
He was at the airport waiting for a plane to join Club Brugge, with the mouth-watering prospect of Champions League football awaiting him, when the call came that Rangers wanted him. In the end, the decision to rejoin Steven Gerrard was an easy one.
I was already checked in and sitting in the departure lounge at Manchester airport. That’s when I get a call from my agent and the gaffer [Gerrard] saying ‘don’t go on the flight.’
“I was getting ready to fly out and sign for Club Brugge.
“They are in the Champions League and that was one of the main reasons I was heading there.
“But my heart was set on coming back here [to Rangers].
“I think I can achieve everything I want here and take myself to where I want to go.”
With the warm-up games out of the way, Murray, Bernard and Gavan discuss the renewed cause for optimism, impressive individual player form, and a potential quarter-final versus either South Africa or New Zealand.
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Patrick Curran and Bennett was fantastic. They’ll be around for years to come unfortunately for the rest of us!
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Big wake up call for Limerick today. Comfortably second best… Exposed at the back and up front…
Great second half performance from na Deise. Very clinical and opened up Limerick well. The goals today show that there is more to our game that some think.
Limerick were so poor today. Hard to understand why they continue with the handpassing game from the back. I lost count how many times we lost the ball and gave away needless scores. Terrible stuff.
Because we let ourselves down with running with it out from the back 3 years ago, Kevin. We try new things, but the truth is, the defense have no real quality anymore. New players needed fast.
The forwards weren’t much better Conor. It’s depressing, munster last night, Limerick today and now clare hammering kk. I need to go Into hibernation.
Ya they should be buston out
100% right they should be Buston out of defence
Derek McGrath comfortably won the side battle today.
TJ Ryan is hurling’s equivalent of this guy:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=6KeG_i8CWE8
Your time is up TJ. Our county board can stop providing ‘jobs for the boys’ and give the post to a coach who is actually qualified to do it.
Kilkenny will destroy Waterford in the final
They will have to get to the final 1sr
You were saying
Some bell end typical Kilkenny, up there own arse half the time
Haha how’d that work out for you Aidan?????
He’s talking about the all Ireland final
Which final
Mystic Aiden …. Not
It’s only April sunshine don’t carried away beating Kilkenny b team . Good see small teams getting big day out in two weeks time .
Last year’s hoty on the b team now?