Ryan Babel spent more than 3 years performing with Liverpool where he had a mixed period of time as the player showed flashes of brilliance on certain matches but most of his time in Anfield was wasted due to injuries and fitness issues which cost the player should stay on the sidelines of the Premier League club for a number of matches and he just couldn’t live up to his full potential.

Babel managed to make 91 appearances and score 12 goals which isn’t an impressive feat for an offensive player who was signed for a fee of around €14 million and failed on making a true impact in the English side.

Ryan Babel spent more than 3 years performing with Liverpool where he had a mixed period of time as the player showed flashes of brilliance on certain matches but most of his time in Anfield was wasted due to injuries and fitness issues which cost the player should stay on the sidelines of the Premier League club for a number of matches and he just couldn’t live up to his full potential.

Babel managed to make 91 appearances and score 12 goals which isn’t an impressive feat for an offensive player who was signed for a fee of around €14 million and failed on making a true impact in the English side.

Even though Babel was not a hugely influential player at Anfield, the Dutch footballer stated that he still continues being a huge fan of Liverpool and even watches their matches whenever he can.

On March 29, an All Star match between the team of Steven Gerrard and Jamie Carragher was played. This was a charity game where former and current players of Liverpool were called up in the pitch and one of those players was Ryan Babel as he was included in the team of Steven Gerrard and Babel took the chance to talk about Liverpool when the match was over, Babel told the media:

The 28 year old Dutch footballer, Ryan Babel said: ‘’Since I left Liverpool, I have always been a fan and followed the team over the years.”Most of the games I try to follow, but I also am obviously still playing myself so sometimes my games are at the same time as Liverpool’s, so I have to watch the highlights.Liverpool is still a part of me – since I left the club, I have remained a big fan. I still have a house in Liverpool and some friends there. It’s a part of me and has been a part of my personal development. It was a good experience.”

Mario Balotelli, Thierry Henry, John Terry and Didier Drogba were some of other high profile players that were featured in this charity match that concluded in a 2-2 tie.