A letter from Luis Garcia

[Chris]

Haha, not surprised he mentioned his song. He absolutely loves it, if he was warming up as sub or something his face would light up when people start singing it.

[Pacman]

Brought a tear to my eye that.

Luis thanks for everything

[REDSCOUSER]

KING LUIS I

[JohnOK]

What a great bloke. I hope he knows that all the Liverpool fans love him.

Do you think Gabriel Heinze will send something like that to the Mancs when he leaves?

[Red_Al_77]

What a great bloke. I hope he knows that all the Liverpool fans love him.

Do you think Gabriel Heinze will send something like that to the Mancs when he leaves?

Except Marky19

[red g]

Dear Reds,

First of all I'd like to apologise for not having been back in touch sooner, but I needed to take some time take on board all the recent changes and then to put down these words for you.

I'm sure you will understand.

I would rather this be a letter of thanks and gratitude, not simply a goodbye.

Yes, thats right, gratitude, because that is the word that best sums up my feelings for you all.

Taking the decision to change clubs hasn't been easy. Not easy at all.

I've experienced three fantastic years at the club and in the city. Three years in which together, the fans and the team, we have accomplished some fantastic achievements, and I'm sure that these successes will continue to be repeated in the near future.

You know that I like a challenge and that I don't just settle for second best.

Back then Liverpool Football Club gave me the opportunity to be part of an ambitious plan to put the Reds back at the summit of the game.

I think that together we managed to achieve that.

As I said, I do like challenges and in spite of the fact that at that time I was playing for my home town club, one of the biggest in the world, I wanted to be a part of that project that was being presented to me by Liverpool, and so I accepted the challenge.

Now, after three seasons in the Premier League and having won some major trophies, the chance came up for me to return to La Liga and be part of a new project at a club I already knew.

The idea of enjoying things in a Spanish club like we experienced together at Liverpool over these last three years appealed to me, and thats why I accepted the offer.

I want to thank everyone working at Liverpool Football Club for how well they have treated both my family and I, making us feel at home from the very first day to the last.

I also want to thank the management, coaching staff and directors for the opportunity they gave me back then to be part of such an important and well-loved club as Liverpool. A club which has helped me to grow as a footballer and where to date I have enjoyed the biggest success of my career.

Without a doubt, this success has been possible thanks to the outstanding group of players with whom Ive been able to share a dressing room over the last three seasons.

I'm not going to mention anyone specifically, because I think that the secret of this team's success has been exactly that: nobody wanted to stand out above the rest and there has always been a great togetherness in the squad, which made it into something more than a group of players, it was a group of friends.

Thanks to all of you for your help and your friendship.

I've left until last the thank you which for me is the most important: Thank you to the supporters.

Your support allowed me to settle quickly at both the club and in the city, and you made me feel really at ease with you all right from the word go; that's the kind of help that you notice most of all during the difficult times, of which there have been a few during my time here.

I'd like to especially thank you for making up a song for me and you should know that every time I heard you singing it, it was like an extra injection of strength and motivation, even helping me to overcome pain occasionally during a game.

Your unconditional support is the thing that ensures that this team manages to pull through in the most difficult circumstances; and I can assure you that the whole squad is aware of this and thanks you for it.

A football club isn't just made up of players, coaches and directors. More than anything else it's the supporters who make a club, and that perhaps is the ingredient which best distinguishes Liverpool Football Club from every other team. The supporters.

Because if one thing has remained obvious to me after these few years, it's that with supporters like you, Liverpool Football Club will never walk alone.

I really hope that the club wins lots of major trophies in the future; I'll be following it all from a distance, with the pride that you can only get from having been a Red and played for the home team at Anfield – a ground that every football fan must visit at least once in their life.

Thank you for everything. Yours most sincerely,

Your friend, Luís García

http://www.liverpoolfc.tv/news/drill...70821-1605.htm

obviously never frequented these forums then funnily enough

this imbodies everything that makes our club what it is.... support , tradition, ethics and a fantastic spirit, and you cant buy that no matter how much the likes of chelscum try.

last time i cried that much was charlene and scotts wedding in neighbours

[Neil Young]

He's one hell of a nice guy. Gorgeous too.

[Pacman]

He's one hell of a nice guy. Gorgeous too.

[bobbyfallon]

better than torres ?????????????

[Imy]

Our Luis, ta for the memories!

[slimbimjim]

****ing hell that is a well written letter and I totally believe he wrote it.

I'm sure he will be welcome back as a fan or visitor any time.

[Diego]

A friend indeed...

christ how much do i love this guy, and how much do i hate not seeing him here, he gave everything he had at this club and so much more, he was a very important player in winning us the number 5 and transforming the squad into what it is, we've come a long way since his first game and he is a massive part of that success, i understand why he has lest us, but i just wish he would have been here at the end of the season when we will lift the most priced trophy of them all the premiership. his departure for me signals to me the end of the rafaloution for we are no longer in a state of revolution, we have arrived at our destination to be real challengers to the title, we are no longer are a promising side, we are amongst the best squads in europe, the transition is over now we are here to win it. and we all need to acknowledge the part little luis played in all of that...

a dear friend of this football club and someone who has a special place in my heart, and many others...

YNWA Luis Garcia

[Lee]

Just read that too, what a nice touch. Top man is Lil Luis, I'll miss him

[sean_lfc]

What a player, what a human SO much respect for the guy, a legendinho if ever there was one, a vital cog in our machine at the time.

Thanks for the great times Luis, they will always be fondly remembered - even when we hit 2012 and the impending apocalypse

[Chris]

Despite all the goals my best memory is him struggling like mad with injury in the Derby but playing the whole 2nd half because we had no subs left.

When he got here some pundits were like "He's small, Spanish will he handle the phyiscal side bla bla" but he was not only a great footballer but a little warrior. John Terry, all the ***** like him tried to intimidate him but he took none of it.

And he ended Roy Keanes Utd career!