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Liverpool fc having spent 12 months tapping up and having agreed £2m for the agent £2m for the player and a pittance for the club (in this case Leeds United) were pleased to announce that the days of slavery were over. In fairness to hoolier the stardust of Leeds United at the time would have seduced any manager.
Since then liverpool have achieved 4th place on several occasions and enlarged their shop.