I gave up wearing Liverpool's number seven - it brought me no luck
The Liverpool number seven shirt is the most iconic in the club’s illustrious history, with some of their greatest ever players donning the jersey.
Kenny Dalglish, Kevin Keegan, and Luis Suarez would become synonymous with the jersey during their time at Anfield, while Billy Liddell, Ian Callaghan, Peter Beardsley and Steve McManaman the other most-successful historic wearers. Luis Diaz is the current holder after the shirt was vacated by departing vice-captain James Milner in the summer, with the veteran winning every major honour with the Reds after becoming their greatest ever free transfer.
However, not all owners have become Liverpool legends while wearing the shirt.
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Vladimir Smicer inherited the famous number seven from McManaman after replacing the Real Madrid-bound midfielder at Anfield in 1999. But while he would win the treble with the Reds in 2000/01 wearing the shirt, he was happy to give up the shirt to new signing Harry Kewell in the summer of 2003.
Enjoying two more seasons on Merseyside, the Czech’s greatest hour for Liverpool was still to come. Taking on the number 11 shirt, he scored in the Reds’ famous Champions League comeback win against AC Milan in 2005 in what would prove to be his final appearance for the club.
But considering many a Kopite grows up dreaming of playing for Liverpool and wearing the number seven shirt, why was Smicer happy to part with it?
“When we signed Harry Kewell, he called and asked me if he could have it,” he explained in an exclusive interview with the ECHO, courtesy of LiveScore Bet. “He played all his career in number seven,
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