Liverpool star reveals he nearly signed for RB Leipzig instead
Joe Gomez has made 182 appearances for Liverpool since 2015 (Photo: Getty)
Joe Gomez has revealed he turned down the chance to sign for RB Leipzig shortly before he joined Liverpool.
The defender has spent nearly his entire senior career at Anfield having moved there in 2015 for £3.5million after a single season with boyhood club Charlton Athletic.
Though injuries have plagued his career, he has nonetheless been an important player for Jurgen Klopp’s side, especially during their Champions League and Premier League title triumphs.
However, it could have all been very different had the England international headed to Germany instead.
‘In the January [of 2015], I went to Red Bull Leipzig,’ Gomez told the Total Media podcast.
‘I had only played half a season, they were still in the Bundesliga 2. In hindsight, they are a great club but I wasn?t ready.
‘I went with my mum, my dad and my missus wasn?t feeling it either. I knew I wasn?t ready, but the opportunity to go came up.
Gomez has won the Premier League, Champions League, FA Cup and Club World Cup (Photo: Getty)
‘If you play in Germany [today], the likelihood is you?re coming back. At the time, for me, there weren?t many examples of that yet. Maybe today I would be like, “wow, this is the way”.’
As Gomez points out, many young English players are heading abroad to hone their skills and get regular game time, with Jadon Sancho and Jude Bellingham at Borussia D...
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