10 players Liverpool should never have allowed to leave including: former Arsenal striker and Spanish duo

Javier Mascherano

The Argentine’s impact at Anfield was so keenly felt when Roy Hodgson attempted to replace his vital role with such a sub-standard player in Christian Poulsen.

Whether they could have kept Mascherano after Barcelona came calling is questionable but his exit was the catalyst for Liverpool’s slump under Roy Hodgson.