Liverpool in favour of a move to Standard Liege early in his career.Koc, 25, has been somewhat of a journeyman since leaving Anderlecht at the age of 16 and heading to Belgium.But he has opened up on how he visited Anfield and could have joined the Reds in 2011, but saw a better opportunity for career progression at Standard Liege.“Everything was in place for me to pierce through there [Standard Liege] and succeed, but Guy Luzon didn’t count on me,” Koc told Walfoot.“I was put to one side and sent to Charlton.
It was tough mentally because you wonder what’s going on.“Then, you come back and the manager hasn’t changed his mind and hop, you’re off to Sint-Truiden in the second-tier, which is when you tell yourself you could have been playing.
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