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8 months ago
in 7 Premier League Players Who Used To Be Brilliant But Now They’re Crap on EPL Talk
Harry Kewell should be on the list, although I accept here's no longer an EPL player.
When he broke through at Leeds he was a marouding, flamboyent and pacey wingers. He played a key part in the club's (flashing) European success and genuinely terrified defenders.
He joined Liverpool and seemed to lose every once of his natural talent, confidence and motivation for the game. Now he plays in Turkey - oh what might (and should) have been, Harry.
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When he broke through at Leeds he was a marouding, flamboyent and pacey wingers. He played a key part in the club's (flashing) European success and genuinely terrified defenders.
He joined Liverpool and seemed to lose every once of his natural talent, confidence and motivation for the game. Now he plays in Turkey - oh what might (and should) have been, Harry.
Another Leeds United connecton too.
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You make it sound as if Kewell simply chose to disappoint after his hugely impressive opening years with Leeds.
Fact is Kewell suffered from a terrible spate of serious injuries including his achilles tendon while still at Leeds and tearing his groin off the bone at Liverpool - causing him to lose his athleticism (his electric pace and leap are all but gone) and any semblance of ongoing match fitness.
As is the case with a lot of players with unfulfilled potential, If he stayed fit he could've been anything.