Liverpool F.C

Hakan Sukur made history at the 2002 World Cup having seemingly come close to joining Liverpool before it.

"He was wrong to react and he knows that but I know Stevie well enough to know it is not a problem for the future. It was just that incident and the circumstances on the night combined, the frustration at the game and the tiredness from the tours.” His employers were not too pleased and the commentator was replaced at half-time, with it later emerging he had been sacked. "After the split with Erdogan, I started to receive threats. He became an MP for the ruling Justice and Development Party – the party of current President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, who was even a witness at his wedding. “I went to see the referee afterwards because I wanted to know what he said to him. It was the old Turkish game of provocation, and I fell for a classic stitch-up. I was on the bench, watching the Turks laying into Michael (Owen) and Emile (Heskey). I cannot wait to play in the Premiership." He would be the difference between finishing mid-table and challenging for a place in Europe. We want to move him to another club because, at the moment, he is not happy." I have called the club but I am still waiting for anyone to get back to me."