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Liverpool 'missed out' by not signing Emile Heskey's 'sharp and clinical' strike partner
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dailystar.co.ukLiverpool missed a trick by not signing Nicolas Anelka on a permanent deal in 2002, according to his former Reds strike partner Emile Heskey.
Anelka joined the Merseyside outfit on loan from Paris St-Germain in the second half of the 2001/02 season, helping them achieve a second-place finish in the Premier League.
Nevertheless, the forward failed to convince Gerard Houlier to sign him on a full-time basis, meaning he instead completed a move to Manchester City the following summer.
And Heskey, who played alongside Anelka at Anfield, admits he was “surprised” that the club didn’t want to keep him. “We did well together and we had a good understanding,” he told the Blood Red podcast. “Everything clicked quite well and he is a phenomenal
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