Joe Gomez has admitted the prospect of him leaving Liverpool final summer season was “positively for actual,” however he’s glad to have stayed on the “finest membership on the earth.”
Gomez was unnoticed of the primary matchday squad of the season amid hypothesis over a transfer away from Anfield, with Newcastle his main suitors.
A deal had been reached to ship the No. 2 to St James’ Park in part-exchange for winger Anthony Gordon, with a £45 million payment agreed as Newcastle regarded to keep away from PSR sanctions.
However with the Magpies capable of finding different options to their monetary points, the switch fell by means of and Gomez in the end stayed on Merseyside.
He made his third consecutive begin in opposition to Girona on Tuesday night time after stepping in for the injured Ibrahima Konate, and talking to reporters after that 1-0 win he admitted leaving Liverpool was “positively for actual.”
“My focus was all the time on the membership,” he advised the Guardian‘s Sid Lowe amongst others.
“I understand how blessed I’m to be right here and it will likely be 10 years in the summertime. I don’t take that with no consideration.
“It’s the finest membership on the earth in my eyes and it was rapidly a case of adapting and entering into the swing of issues.
“It was good to place it to mattress. It’s soccer. To be someplace 10 years and never have any blips wouldn’t be pure.”
As Gomez mentions, subsequent summer season will mark the tenth anniversary of his transfer to Liverpool from Charlton, with that £3.5 million switch proving a discount.
Throughout that point he has made 235 appearances, putting him among the many all-time prime 100 for the membership, however accidents and competitors for locations have undoubtedly stifled his alternatives.
The rise of Konate as first-choice companion to Virgil van Dijk has seen Gomez settle into the position of dependable squad participant, additionally able to filling in at right-back, left-back and even as a defensive midfielder.
“It’s difficult since you don’t know when the prospect will come or underneath what circumstances, what place and so forth and so forth,” Gomez admitted.
“However I can solely management what I can deal with, and that’s being the perfect skilled I will be.”
That professionalism is helped by his dedication to Liverpool, as he added: “I really like the membership, I really like being right here.”
