Pedro Chirivella has penned an emotional goodbye letter to Liverpool fans after leaving the club.
It was announced last week that the 23-year-old midfielder had left Anfield on a Bosman and joined Ligue 1 outfit Nantes in France.
Chirivella, who managed just the one Premier League appearance for Liverpool, originally joined the club way back in 2013.
Despite struggling to make the grade on Merseyside, there’s a lot of history there for the player who originally signed as a teenager.
And on Twitter, Chirivella has revealed that it was a ‘privilege’ to represent the six-time Champions League winners.
He wrote: “Seven years ago I arrive in Liverpool being just a kid. I’ve been more than half a decade learning from the best, taking in values and morals that will always be rife in my day to day.
“There comes a time to say goodbye, and I have no other feelings but gratefulness and a sense of honour to have been able to belong to such a special club. Without a doubt, I feel privileged to have had the opportunity of living unexplainable matters such as playing in the world’s best stadium or feeling all the support from the most astounding fans on Earth.
“I’m also very grateful to each of the huge professionals I have encountered throughout my period at LFC and who have helped me become a better version of myself, especially Neil Critchley and Alex Inglethorpe from the Academy and Pep Lijnders, Jurgen Klopp and Brendan Rodgers from Melwood, who have me the opportunity to debut in such a club like LFC.”
Interestingly, it looks like Liverpool tried to keep him at the club.
According to The Echo, the former Valencia youth rejected a five-year contract extension, which shows just what Michael Edwards and Jurgen Klopp thought of him.
But leaving was still the right choice because he was never going to break into Klopp’s best XI on a regular basis, and even making the squad every week might’ve been a stretch.
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