England legend Paul Gascoigne has revealed that Kenny Dalglish tried to sign him for Liverpool during the 1988 season.
Gascoigne, who went on to sign for Spurs instead, remembered:
"Kenny was the first one to come in for me. He said ‘I want to sign you'...Ian Rush was playing at Juventus at the time. Newcastle wanted 2.2m, and I couldn’t believe that because I’d come up through the ranks from nothing.
"Liverpool could only afford 2m because Ian Rush was coming back from Juventus. So he said, 'will you wait a year'? To be fair, they [Newcastle] got rid of Chris Waddle, they got rid of Peter Beardsley, and I was only on 25 quid a week, but the money never bothered me. I couldn’t wait around".
Gascoigne missed out on playing in one of Liverpool's most skilful, and entertaining teams, something he's acutely aware of:
"People talk about Man united and Spurs but Liverpool were the team. Liverpool at that time played football the way Barcelona play football now".
Gascoigne at Liverpool at the same time as John Barnes, Peter Beardsley, Ian Rush, John Aldridge, Jan Molby, Ronnie Whelan, Steve McMahon and Ray Houghton? There are lots of line-up permutations, but we could've been looking at a team like this:
We could've been looking at team like this:
------------------ Grobbelaar
Nicol ------- Hansen --- Gillespie ---- Staunton
Houghton ----- McMahon --- Gazza ----- Barnes
----------------- Beardsley
------------------- Rush/Aldo
Along with Michael Laudrup, Gazza has to be one of Liverpool's greatest missed opportunities.
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Gascoigne, who went on to sign for Spurs instead, remembered:
"Kenny was the first one to come in for me. He said ‘I want to sign you'...Ian Rush was playing at Juventus at the time. Newcastle wanted 2.2m, and I couldn’t believe that because I’d come up through the ranks from nothing.
"Liverpool could only afford 2m because Ian Rush was coming back from Juventus. So he said, 'will you wait a year'? To be fair, they [Newcastle] got rid of Chris Waddle, they got rid of Peter Beardsley, and I was only on 25 quid a week, but the money never bothered me. I couldn’t wait around".
Gascoigne missed out on playing in one of Liverpool's most skilful, and entertaining teams, something he's acutely aware of:
"People talk about Man united and Spurs but Liverpool were the team. Liverpool at that time played football the way Barcelona play football now".
Gascoigne at Liverpool at the same time as John Barnes, Peter Beardsley, Ian Rush, John Aldridge, Jan Molby, Ronnie Whelan, Steve McMahon and Ray Houghton? There are lots of line-up permutations, but we could've been looking at a team like this:
We could've been looking at team like this:
------------------ Grobbelaar
Nicol ------- Hansen --- Gillespie ---- Staunton
Houghton ----- McMahon --- Gazza ----- Barnes
----------------- Beardsley
------------------- Rush/Aldo
Along with Michael Laudrup, Gazza has to be one of Liverpool's greatest missed opportunities.
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