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When the Liverpool team will be released on Saturday at 2 pm, there will likely be an unusual name on top of it.
The strangest circumstances led Andy Lonergan, a 36-year-old goalkeeper, who went from being a free agent to champion for the title of champion of Europe in a Premier League clash. .
Alisson's injury left him for about six weeks, while his replacement, Adrian, was incredibly injured by a field invader while he was celebrating the Super Cup win of the season. UEFA in Istanbul on Wednesday.
Although Adrian could still make the starting lineup, the mere fact of being on the bench would be an amazing situation for Lonergan.
Following Alisson's injury, the Reds offered him support for a free short-term transfer. Never Jurgen Klopp never thought that he should use it.
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Profile
- First name: Andy Lonergan
- Birth date: October 19, 1983
- Place of birth: Preston, England
- Become professional: July 2000
Career
- 2000-2011, Preston North End
- 2002: Darlington (ready)
- 2003: Blackpool (ready)
- 2005: Wycombe Wanderers (ready)
- 2006: Swindon City (ready)
- 2011-2012: Leeds United
- 2012-2015: Bolton Wanderers
- 2015-2016: Fulham
- 2016-2017: the vagrants of Wolverhampton
- 2017-2018: Leeds United
- 2018-2019: Middlesbrough
- 2019: Rochdale (ready)
- 2019: Liverpool
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Who is Andy Lonergan?
Lonergan is a product of the Preston North End Youth Academy and signed a professional contract in 2000. Two years later, he was promoted to the top echelons.
A series of loans took place between 2002 and 2006 before finally settling in the North End team, playing 228 times … and scoring once.
Spells crossing the second and third levels followed.
In 2017, he returned to Leeds but lost his place to young Bailey Peabad-Farrell after some suspicious performances.
Middlesbrough joined him next summer, but he was never able to join the team as a short-term loan was loaned to Rochdale urgently.
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But this summer, as a free agent with little interest elsewhere, he was invited to join the Liverpool team in the United States for their pre-season tour.
When Alisson was injured, he managed to get a contract.
Why did he find himself in Liverpool?
Coach John Achterberg explained how he ended up in Liverpool this summer after joining the club during their US tour.
"We are doing it because we are obviously very light in the goalkeeping sector," said Achterberg at Liverpoolfc.com.
"Ali is on vacation, Kamil (Grabara) is on loan to Huddersfield, Caoimhin (Kelleher) is injured, which really leaves us with Si (Mignolet) and a young boy, Dan Atherton.
"We need some coverage during the training, so we thought we could bring in someone who could help us." [so we] do not overload goalkeepers with training.
He added, "Basically, we bring him into training and we can try to help him get in shape and we'll see how that goes. It's like he's helping us and helping him get in shape. "
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