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<\/p>','<p>Coutinho was noticed early by the Brazilian youth set-up and picked up numerous youth titles at international level, while he stayed at Vasco on loan until his 18th birthday.<\/p><p>His last act in Brazil was to help his side to win the Campeonato Brasileiro Serie B trophy in 2009, before he arrived in Italy in July 2010 having put pen to paper two years earlier on a €4 million deal with the club.<\/p><p>Viewed as the future of the club, he won the Supercoppa Italiana and FIFA Club World Cup in his first season but was not able to hold down a regular first-team place and was sent out on loan to Espanyol in 2012.<\/p><p>With Wesley Sneijder out of favour at Inter, Coutinho became more important in the 2012-13 season but was repeatedly linked with a move to Liverpool and chose to move to Anfield for around £8.5 million in January.<\/p><p>Then after weeks of speculation regarding his future, the 20-year-old completed a move to Anfield in January 2013 as Brendan Rodgers further honed his Liverpool forward options.<\/p><p>Coutinho was handed a first appearance for the club as a substitute during the home defeat to West Brom on February 11, then found the target on his full Liverpool debut six days later with a calm finish against Swansea.<\/p><p><strong>Strengths: <\/strong>His creative flair allows him to unlock a defence and he is versatile enough to make an impact right across the width of the pitch, while he can move in on goal himself to play as a forward.<\/p><p><strong>Style:<\/strong> Creative, tricky, skilful, a flair player who can unlock a defence.<\/p>') "Philippe Coutinho")
 "Luis Suárez")
<\/p>','<p>Sturridge first burst onto the scene at Manchester City in 2007-08 but could not hold down a regular slot at either City or Chelsea and moved to Liverpool for £12 million in January 2013.<\/p><p>Having joined City\'s Academy in 2003 from Coventry, after previously training with Aston Villa, Sturridge\'s performances in the reserves ensured that he made his mark on the first-team after initially struggling with injuries.<\/p><p>Catching the eye of Mark Hughes, he was voted City\'s Young Player of the Year in his breakthrough season but his hopes of making a mark were not helped by the fact he was given only sporadic opportunities. Ultimately, Sturridge grew tired of life on the sidelines and, when his contract expired, he moved to Stamford Bridge.<\/p><p>In January 2010, a tribunal decided that Chelsea must pay Manchester City an initial transfer fee of £3.5 million, rising to £6.5 million depending on appearances for club and the senior England team. He excelled during a loan spell with Bolton in 2010-11, but upon returning to Chelsea had to content himself with a wide role that, he felt, did not play to his strengths.<\/p><p>Ultimately, the big-spending Blues could not offer him the first-team chances he craved and he moved to Liverpool in January 2013 where he became the first player since Ray Kennedy in 1974 to score three goals in his first three games.<\/p><p><strong>Strengths:<\/strong> Pace and skill on the ball mark him out from his peers and he also has a cool head in front of goal.<\/p><p><strong>Style:<\/strong> Quick, tricky, a versatile forward with an eye for goal.<\/p>') "Daniel Sturridge")
 "Martin Skrtel")
, Chelsea and Portsmouth<\/p>','<p>Johnson first burst onto the scene towards the end of the 2002-03 season during West Ham United\'s ill-fated relegation battle, but soon won plaudits from all quarters. He secured a £6 million move to Chelsea to return to the Premier League but it was too much too soon for the Londoner, who spent most of his time sat on the bench.<\/p><p>Harry Redknapp handed the defender a chance to rebuild his career with Portsmouth during the 2006-07 season and he earned a permanent four-year deal with some accomplished performances.<\/p><p>His attacking forays made him a Fratton Park favourite and he helped the unfashionable club to win the FA Cup in 2008, re-establishing his England credentials in the process. Liverpool came calling in the summer of 2009.<\/p><p>The 2009-10 season saw Johnson get his career well and truly back on track. A £17 million move from Porstmouth to Liverpool gave him a second chance to perform at one of the Premier League\'s \'big four\' clubs and England boss Fabio Capello settled on the defender as his first choice right-back.<\/p><p><strong>Strengths:<\/strong> Possessing a great turn of pace that gives him the ability to recover when defending, he also provides a potent attacking threat going in the other direction.<\/p><p><strong>Style:<\/strong> Attack-minded, pacy, a raw defender who loves to get forward.<\/p>') "Glen Johnson")
 widely regarded as England\'s star performer.<\/p><p><strong>Strengths: <\/strong>A real leader, Gerrard is a tireless runner and has superb vision. His striking from distance is feared around the world and he is a prolific scorer for a midfielder.<\/p><p><strong>Style: <\/strong>Whole-hearted, powerful, incisive, a natural leader.<\/p>') "Steven Gerrard")
 "Lucas Leiva")
<\/p>','<p>\'Pepe\' may be the best goalkeeper in the Premier League and a Liverpool icon, but for Spain he is unfortunate enough to play in the same era as Iker Casillas, Vicente del Bosque\'s established No.1 and arguably the greatest goalkeeper of his age group on the planet.<\/p><p>After announcing himself as a goalkeeper of some repute in Spain thanks to spells at Barcelona - where he made his debut aged 18 and played against Liverpool in the UEFA Cup semi-final in 2001 - and Villarreal, Reina was recruited by Rafa Benitez in July 2005 and immediately displaced Jerzy Dudek, who had been Liverpool\'s penalty hero in Istanbul two months earlier, on his way to becoming a firm favourite of the Anfield crowd.<\/p><p>Reina quickly picked up an uncanny habit of breaking club records. In December 2005 he set a new club benchmark of 11 successive clean sheets and his 28th clean sheet in his first 50 games surpassed the tally of Liverpool legend Ray Clemence. Reina also won the Premier League Golden Glove award for the most clean sheets for three years in succession and has boasts an impressive penalties to saves ratio - most notably in the FA Cup final of 2006 and the Champions League semi-final win over Chelsea in 2007.<\/p><p>Pepe Reina has now been reunited with his former coach who brought him to Liverpool back in 2005 at Italian side Napoli on a season long loan deal.<\/p><p><strong>Strengths:<\/strong> Reina is the very model of a modern goalkeeper blessed as he is with impressive agility and lightning reactions. He also boasts excellent distribution and has started many a successful Liverpool counter-attack, as well as proving one of the best penalty-stoppers in the world game.<\/p><p><strong>Style:<\/strong> Commanding, quick-thinking, alert, a dynamic shot-stopper.<\/p>') "Jose Reina")
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