Liverpool flop Andriy Voronin once used the local accents of Steven Gerrard and Jamie Carragher as an excuse for why things didn't work out for him at the club.In recent years, Liverpool's recruitment has been faultless, but it wasn't always that way as long-haired strikers Voronin and Andy Carroll both struggled to perform in the famous red strip.
Unlike Carroll who cost Liverpool a then record £35million, Voronin signed in 2007 on a free transfer, but left three years later after scoring just five Premier League goals.There are often many reasons that transfers don't work out, and these can also become excuses in other cases.
And Voronin joked that his lack of understanding with the Scouse accent played a part, although the striker also admitted that his English wasn't great anyway.READ MORE: Jurgen Klopp warns Darwin Nunez "needs time" following horror miss in pre-season friendlyVoronin has publicly listed a whole list of reasons why his move to Liverpool didn't work out, although his lack of footballing ability was never one of them.
Voronin explained his memories of Liverpool to Goal, and said: "Scouse. I understood almost nothing, my English wasn't good anyway.
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