Not long after Kevin Schade joined Brentford in January, the young German attacker gave a brutally honest answer to the club’s in-house media about why he would have turned down the opportunity to sign for Liverpool.
A move to Anfield, the 21-year-old said, “would not be good for me” because his path to regular game time would have been obstructed. Nevermind the higher chance of silverware; the main thing was finding a club where he will be able to get on the pitch frequently.
Liverpool had been monitoring the attacker closely for some time and there was talk of a potential bid before Brentford agreed a £22m deal with Bundesliga side Freiburg.
