Liverpool midfielder Adam Lallana is likely to be released by the club this summer once his contract expires, according to a recent report in the Liverpool Echo, prompting @AnfieldEdition on Twitter to ask followers to rate his time at Anfield out of 10.
The England international cost £25m from Southampton in 2014 (as per BBC) and he is now the second longest-serving member of the Reds’ squad after Jordan Henderson. He has played 178 times for the club, with 22 goals and 22 assists to his name, and his form peaked in 2016/17 when he struck eight goals and set up another seven.
He’s set to leave Liverpool in the summer when his contract expires — what would you rate Adam Lallana’s Liverpool career out of 10? pic.twitter.com/Eps0gmP8Gv
— Anfield Edition (@AnfieldEdition) March 19, 2020
However, a pre-season injury in 2017 heavily curtailed Lallana’s involvement for the subsequent campaign, limiting him to a solitary league start, and he has since fallen out of favour at Anfield, starting just eight Premier League matches in the past two seasons. A multitude of niggling injuries did not help his cause on Merseyside, although he can still produce occasional moments of magic such as the late equaliser he plundered at Old Trafford last October.
These Liverpool fans on Twitter had mixed views of the 31-year-old’s six years at the club, with some believing he has been a fine servant and others feeling rather underwhelmed – one Kopite said he was “no better than Joe Allen”, the Welsh midfielder who scored seven goals in 132 games for the Reds between 2012 and 2016:
Honestly really gonna miss him. Was my favourite player for a good 2 years at one point!
— LG? (@LeoGarner_31) March 19, 2020
9/10 one of my fav players gonna miss him and so will the team loved by the manager and squad brilliant player bad luck with injuries
— Kush (@kushyyyyt) March 19, 2020
7.5
Hes had moments of real quality and we wouldn’t be where we are now without his huge contribution in getting us into the champions league in 2017. Unfortunately injuries have curtailed his time here since but he still remains a reliable and trusted squad member— Elliot (@CommodoreMudkip) March 19, 2020
7,5. CL medal, 100 % professional. Always give everything, never make a fuss about things, One of our best players 16/17. Top lad!
— Dag Magnar Wara (@wara_dag) March 20, 2020
Bang average no better than Joe Allen. But thanks for the goals and the cruyff turns good luck in the future YNWA
— Mark Irwin (@irwinlfc69) March 19, 2020
We got robbed 3/10
— Mamba Mentality (@SirLeonP) March 19, 2020
5. Very disappointing. Looked to be a big talent when he came in.
— The Enforcer (@TheEnforcer61) March 19, 2020
5, would be lower but for that good 3 months he had in klopps first season
— John O Sullivan (@Corballyred) March 19, 2020
Liverpool fans, what have you made of Lallana’s contribution to the club since 2014 and do you think he will be missed if, as seems likely, he moves on in the summer? Have your say by commenting below!
