Sometimes football leaves us incredible stories of improvement of young players who fight through thick and thin to make their debut with the team of their dreams. It is not the case of Tom
Brewitt, which he admitted on the podcast of 'Football
Journeys'Who intentionally injured his former partner Dan
Cleary to debut with the first team of the Liverpool.
Both were part of the U23 team of the Liverpool the 2015-16 season, in which the 'red' team suffered a plague of injuries in the axis of the rear. With Martin
Skrtel, Mamadou
Sakho Y Kolo
Touré offside on the eve of a match of the FA
Cup before him Exeter, Brewitt He decided that his time had come, whatever the cost.
That is why he decided to hurt Cleary, also central, in whom I saw a potential threat in the face of a hypothetical call-up from Jürgen Klopp: “I made the decision, it was him or me, so I went after him in training. I stood by his side in possession games and just kicked him, ”explained the former 'red' footballer.
“I wasn't trying to hurt him badly, just enough for him to pull away and I play. I knew it was a bad entry, I did it on purpose and I'm not very proud of it. I'm not ashamed either, because in my head it was him or me and I was choosing myself, ”he continued. Brewitt, which finally achieved its goal and left Cleary two weeks on crutches.
I'm not very proud of it. I'm not ashamed either
And call it karma … But four days before the meeting, Brewitt suffered a concussion after hitting the back of a teammate and never made his debut in the shirt of the Liverpool.