When Liverpool needed a new No.9 in the summer of 2013, Brendan Rodgers scouted the market to find the answer.
In the end, Celta Vigo striker Iago Aspas was deemed the right option. On this day nine years ago, the Reds completed the signing of the striker in an £8million deal.
Aspas arrived at Anfield with a lot of promise from the Spanish leagues. Having scored 12 goals in 37 appearances during the 2012/13 campaign, his first in La Liga, Rodgers and the infamous transfer committee were hoping he was the club’s next Fernando Torres. However, it’s fair to say that things did not go according to plan.
