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Liverpool Echo
Liverpool Echo
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Mark Wakefield

Steven Gerrard knew truth about Liverpool midfielder compared to Patrick Vieira after just one week of training

World Cups are often seen as shop windows for plenty of clubs looking to buy the next big talent who shines on the international stage.

A recent example of Liverpool doing just that is Divock Origi, who shone for Belgium in the 2014 finals in Brazil.

If you go back a further 12 years all the way to 2002, then there is another player who arrived on the back of an impressive World Cup showing for his country.

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