6 Liverpool flops who went on to succeed at another club

#3 Brad Jones

Brad Jones won the league in Netherlands in a record breaking season

Brad Jones is fondly remembered by Liverpool fans for his memorable club debut. Signed under Roy Hodgson, Jones was initially Liverpool’s third choice keeper.

During the 2011-12 season, Liverpool’s first and second choice keepers, Pepe Reina and Doni, were sent off in consecutive games forcing Jones to come off the bench against Blackburn Rovers to make his Liverpool debut.

His first touch of the ball for Liverpool was to save a penalty which he celebrated by pointing to the skies in memory of his son who Luca who had passed away a few months ago due to leukaemia.

After being released by Liverpool in 2015, he joined Bradford on loan but soon had his contract terminated by mutual agreement. Unable to find success in England’s lower league, he moved to Netherlands to play for NEC on a 6-month deal and turned out to be an inspired signing.

NEC wanted to keep Jones at the end of his short contract but he got a better offer from Feyenoord and what a move that turned out to be.

Aged 34, he signed a one-year deal with the club and played 32 out of 34 games in goal as Feyenoord were crowned Champions for the first time in 18 years. Jones kept 17 cleansheets during the title run and became the first Feyenoord goalkeeper in 20 years to have more than 14 cleansheets in a season.

The Champions have now rewarded Jones with a new two-year contract.