Avi Cohen, the father of Wanderers midfielder Tamir, has admitted he did not fulfil his potential while at Liverpool.
Speaking to The Times about his spell at Anfield he said: “It’s like a man stepping on the moon.
“It wasn’t real. I said to my agent, ‘Why did they ask me to come here?’
“I didn’t think I deserved to play for Liverpool — even when I played I thought they were much better than me. Nobody said to me, ‘Avi, you’re better than them.’
“That’s what I tell Tamir now. In those days I was exceptional in Israel. Liverpool thought I could make it but nobody told me what I needed to do to survive.
“I was alone, nobody helped me. If I had my father, like Tamir has, I would have stayed there ten or twelve years.
“I thought I could go back to Israel, then come back to any club, but it wasn’t like that.”
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