When a player of Jamie Carragher’s calibre leaves your football club, you face an uphill task to try and find someone who can fill that void.
In the summer of 2013, Liverpool were faced with that very job. After spending 16 years in the first-team at Anfield, Carragher called time on his playing career.
Brendan Rodgers, after just one year in the dugout, would need to go into the transfer market to try and find a replacement, if it was even possible, for the Bootle-born defender. Rodgers searched until he found his answer, and his selection went on to become a cult hero at Anfield.
