Gerrard flies into top five of Liverpool greatest-ever players, do any of Jurgen’s men make our list?
4. John Barnes
1987-1997 (407 appearances): Forget the player who underachieved for England. The one who wore a red shirt was a different beast altogether. Technically brilliant, strong as an ox, outstanding finisher, two-footed, skillful and could cross with geometric precision either on the run or stood still. He could even dance and rap. Hard as it may be to believe for those who only remember the mid-’90s Barnes, when injuries and age had combined to rebrand him as a deep-lying playmaker, he had electric pace at his peak, when his rampaging runs down the left flank were one of the finest sights in football. Plenty of right-backs would suddenly suffer groin strains when they were due to face Barnes at the weekend.
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