Quote Originally Posted by Englishman2010 View Post
It's a shame for him that he has persistent injury problems, in his day he was a truly great player (despite playing for Liverpool) and he scored some of England's best ever goals against Argentina and Brazil.
Yes. I noticed his glass football presentation for Liverpool's footballer of the year (2002 / 03 season I think) that sits in the Liverpool FC museum. Such a great player in his earlier days.

Wasn't he European Footballer of the Year at one point too?