Liverpool transfer was called a 'coward' by Carlo Ancelotti and booed out of Anfield after punching opponent
A new era dawned at Liverpool in the summer of 2010. Rafa Benitez was gone and Roy Hodgson was brought in as his replacement.
And therefore it was time for one of the biggest transfer windows in the club’s recent history. A new manager meant new ideas would be coming to Anfield, and as a result a different selection of players.
One of those was Christian Poulsen. Liverpool agreed a deal with Juventus worth £4.5million for the Denmark international, who turns 43 today.
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Poulsen was one of eight new signings Hodgson brought to Anfield in that infamous summer spree. He was joined by Raul Meireles, Brad Jones, Paul Konchesky, Danny Wilson, Jonjoe Shelvey, Joe Cole and Milan Jovanovic.
Poulson was brought in as an eventual replacement for Javier Mascherano, who was set to leave for Barcelona in an acrimonious move after the Argentine international allegedly refused to play in a match against Manchester City.
Before either move was completed, Mascherano wanted to make his side of the story clear to Liverpool fans.
"The only thing I want to say is I don't have anything against the Liverpool supporters, the Liverpool people,” said Mascherano, after playing for Argentina against the Republic of Ireland in August 2010. “My problem is not to play for Liverpool. I'm very proud to play for Liverpool. It's another thing.
"I said to him [Hodgson] that maybe for my life I prefer to change the country, not the club. That is the fact. Sometimes you can see all the things that the papers or the press say, but at the end the only thing I can say is thank
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