“I wanted to leave Liverpool the next morning. I wanted to go back home, end my contract, leave the city and leave the club because I could not forget what had happened.”
Those are the words of Pedro Chirivella while reflecting on an unforgettable afternoon in September 2019 when he feared his professional career was all but over.
Chirivella, now of Nantes, agreed to talk exclusively with the ECHO about the intricacies of his seven-year stay at Liverpool. By his own admission, it’s a journey that transformed the adolescent 16-year-old who had drawn comparisons to Xabi Alonso into the level-headed, composed senior figure who departed the club in the summer of 2020 after turning down a new long-term contract at Anfield.
