Andy Robertson’s improbable Liverpool tale has been a dream but exit is a ‘weight off his shoulders’
The Scot revealed this week he will leave Anfield after nine years and departs as one of the greatest Premier League left-backs
“It’s maybe time for the story to end,” said Andy Robertson . But what a story it has been; it will culminate in a fond farewell but it has been an improbable tale. A year after signing from relegated Hull, he played in a Champions League final.
A year later, he won one. The player released by his boyhood club, Celtic, went on to become possibly the finest left-back in the world. For Liverpool , he has been a footballing success, a financial masterstroke.
An £8m signing has been, pound for pound, Liverpool’s greatest bargain of the Moneyball era. That £8m has brought 374 appearances. But not too many more, with Robertson revealing on Thursday he will leave Anfield in the summer.
“The announcement came this week,” he said. “It means I don’t have to lie to everyone so it’s a weight off my shoulders. ” It was scarcely a shock; a Liverpool legend has been phased out.
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