10 Liverpool flops who found success elsewhere

#2. Luis Alberto - Lazio

Only two players in Europe's top 5 leagues had more assists than Alberto in 2017/18

Luis Alberto was one of eight players who joined Liverpool ahead of the 2013/14 season and the fact that the two players who made the most impact at Liverpool from those eight are Simon Mignolet and Kolo Toure speaks a lot.

Alberto played 12 games for Liverpool in 13/14 without scoring, assisting only once. His only three starts for a Liverpool team that pushed for the title were in domestic cup competitions.

Unsurprisingly, he spent the next two seasons on loan. First at Malaga and the next at Deportivo La Coruna. In 2016, Liverpool finally got him off their books with Lazio spending only €4 million to acquire the Spaniard’s services.

Alberto’s first season with the Rome club saw him play just 10 games in all competitions while finding the back of the net once. However, the 2017/18 season was the start of something special.

Alberto scored 12 goals and assisted 19 in 47 games across all competitions for a Lazio team that scored the most goals in Serie A this season. His 14 league assists were only bettered by Kevin De Bruyne and Leroy Sane across Europe’s Top 5 leagues. He also won the 2017 Supercoppa Italiana with Lazio.

On 11 November 2017, Alberto made his debut for Spain against Costa Rica. After the season he has had, maybe Liverpool should look at him as an alternative for Nabil Fekir after that deal fell through.