20 Feb 2026 13:26:16
Thiago is part of the legends team in March
He really loves our club.
20 Feb 2026 13:55:32
One of the best players I've ever seen in a Liverpool shirt. Shame we didn't win more while he was around.
20 Feb 2026 14:23:22
Just imagine what we could have achieved if he could have kept fit. What a player.
20 Feb 2026 14:33:50
Assistant coach for Xabi Alonso next season?
20 Feb 2026 14:34:56
Fowler _9, yes. Thiago loved the club. He was getting paid a fortune and was always injured, but when fit, he was a class act. YNWA.
20 Feb 2026 16:06:07
One of the worst signings we ever made. He took us for a ride, on the sick for almost all of his contract, collecting £££££££££'s. He saw us coming.
20 Feb 2026 16:16:07
True story. Thiago played 98 more times for Liverpool than I did, despite being on the sick for almost his whole contract. Quality player to watch, sadly. I think we signed him too late in his career, when his body was failing him.
20 Feb 2026 16:40:48
A joy to watch, technically the best player seen in a Liverpool shirt. It was a shame his body kept failing.
20 Feb 2026 16:46:07
My mate does some charity work down by Chinatown (some sort of play area, I think). Thiago and his kid came across it. He ended up funding an overhaul of some sort out of the goodness of his heart. That's what footballers should be about, not big jeeps and getting told where to go by sponsors for publicity. Great footballer, even better human.
20 Feb 2026 16:54:03
Cracking story that John. ?
20 Feb 2026 17:32:13
Magnificent footballer when fit and playing in the right position.
20 Feb 2026 17:50:15
Although I agree, in hindsight it was a terrible signing when you factor in his availability. I don't think we can really blame Thiago for having so many injuries. He clearly tried his best to be fit, and always gave it his all when he was. Incredible player to watch on his day; his days were few and far between, sadly.
20 Feb 2026 18:43:35
I don't think it's any coincidence that when we did get Thiago fit and available for 6 months r so, we went on that charge for the quad. Not sure how many games in a row we won in 4 competitions, but it was a serious run. I think a big part of that was Thiago was fit and flying at the time.
If memory serves me right, he got a late niggle of some sort just before the Champions League final, and I don't think he was right for the game, which was the 1st we had lost in ages.
20 Feb 2026 18:58:02
One day there will be a charity game and Mane, Firmino and Salah will be upfront. Hopefully all wearing number 20. It will be an emotional day.
20 Feb 2026 20:35:49
Absolutely phenomenal player. Made it look far too easy. Very unfortunate how injuries affected the latter stages of his career. What a signing he would have been had we brought him in during his prime.
21 Feb 2026 12:15:19
Class player no doubt, but I never thought he was that good for us beyond a handful of games where he looked the best player on the pitch. He had very limited mobility, and took a while to get going and acculturate himself to the rhythm of the game whenever he came back from injury. I always found it weird how Lallana got so much stick for taking too many touches, but Thiago was pretty much the definition of taking too many touches sometimes. He would do a feint or a stepover before doing a 6 yard sideways pass sometimes; I've seen him do it even without an opposition player around him.
He could routinely make the impossible look easy, but he would also give the ball away a lot in midfield doing simple things. One thing you can't fault him for is work rate, though. He did work very hard in midfield for us, and pressed decently well for a player with limited athleticism. That was a side of his game that he had to push to another level with us after starting to do so under Flick. Certainly at Bayern he was one of the best players in the world to watch for a number of years.
21 Feb 2026 13:49:28
Mks, I'm liking the sound of that, tbh.