02 Sep 2022 13:53:02
Happy Friday all

Thought I would start a conversation on who our most successful loan signing of all time has been given the news of Arthur joining the ranks.

For me it has to be Javier Mascherano? From what I can remember we haven't signed many (if any? ) loan signings onto a permanent deal so I think that gives him an automatic win!

Red Sandman.

02 Sep 2022 14:17:11
Anelka all day.

02 Sep 2022 14:25:23
Rosenthal was loan initially wasn't he? Along with Kabak, he's the only other one that was in anyway successful I can think of.

The likes of Sahin, Cissokho, Moses and Caulker weren't exactly stellar. I suppose when we signed Paul Jones on loan cos we had no fit goalies he did alright.

02 Sep 2022 14:25:51
I agree with you Sandman. I think Anelka's a close second. My memory may be failing me, but didn't we sign Diouf instead of taking up the option of signing Anelka? What a great piece of business that was.

Like you say, we've not had many. We were after Sahin for ages, but we finally got him on loan and he ended up being a sack of spuds.

02 Sep 2022 14:41:50
Yep anelka. never got a full deal because houllier wanted el hadj diouf instead. crazy.

02 Sep 2022 14:46:58
Technical default Rushie signed for Juve but stayed on loan with us in 86/ 87.

42 appearances 30 goals.

Other than that I’d go Anelka also. Going through the archives it’s not exactly stacked full of top quality loans mind.

02 Sep 2022 14:51:37
Kabak was successful?

Mascherano is a good shout. He did well for us but his best Liverpool moment came when he was at Barca. They'd just outplayed United to win the CL final and he mentioned us post match and the look on Gary Neville's face in the studio was priceless ?.
We had some midfield when he was with us.
He had a great song, too.

02 Sep 2022 15:35:26
Forgot Anelka tbh. Kabak did alright considering the circumstances, imo. But Mascher and Anelka were a few steps ahead performance wise.

02 Sep 2022 23:40:43
Anelka, for sure.