Jose Enrique: Liverpool have alienated me

“I’m in a hard position”, he said.

“[Liverpool] have alienated [Mario] Balotelli, [Fabio] Borini and me”.

The Liverpool Echo reported that the Reds were willing to listen to offers for the 28-year-old, having valued their longest serving player in the current team at £8m.

Rodgers, who entered the season as the favourite to be sacked first in the Premier League, reveals that he has had to overcome huge challenges off the field to be a success at Anfield.

“If a good opportunity came with more years of contract and more options to play, I would [look into it]”.

Part of the reason Enrique does want to stay and fight is because he sees only one natural left back at the club in Alberto Moreno, and in a season where Liverpool are likely to play 60 or more games across all competitions, he expects that sooner or later he will have to get chances.

Liverpool face Bournemouth on Monday night in their opening home match of the season.

“In addition, there is only one pure left-back [at the club] and I know that if I stay I’ll play”. I can’t even imagine what would happen to me if I ever experienced the same circumstances in such a short period of time.

“I feel fine after two years with knee discomfort”.

However, as the years advanced he moved deeper, changing his game to develop into a controlling holding midfielder, and with this adaptation, and the club’s slide, he became a vital cog, helping to stem the flow of goals at the wrong end while adding some authority as the likes of Mascherano and Alonso left.

West Ham United are reportedly targeting a bid for unsettled Liverpool midfielder Lucas Leiva, in a bid to replace Alex Song after his return to parent club Barcelona.

“The only teams that can deal with what is paid in England are [Real Madrid and Barcelona], so I would love to stay here until my legs stop me”. Liverpool make a lot of money, but aren’t quite in the same bracket as the other giants of English football in terms of their income, so they can’t afford to waste value like that.

[Note: Quotes are roughly translated from Spanish.].