Alberto Moreno reckons it’s time for the critics who wrote him off as a Liverpool flop to shut their mouths.
Spanish full-back Moreno looked to be on his way out of Anfield this summer after a season spent mainly on the bench.
But the 25-year-old has responded to Jurgen Klopp’s challenge to fight for his place — and he believes he is winning the fight.
Moreno, a £12million recruit from Sevilla three years ago, said: “I am very, very happy, personally, with the way things are going.
HEAR WHAT A LIVERPOOL LEGEND SAID A YEAR AGO:
“Things were bad over the summer. The word was that I would be leaving.
“However, at no point did I agree with those claims. I wanted to stay and fight for my place and that is the mindset I had when I came back for pre-season. It is a club I love. So I think the people who were saying I should leave should shut their mouths now.
“Last season, I spent a whole year pretty much without playing many games.
“When I returned for pre-season, I told the manager I wanted to stay. I asked him to be honest with me. He was very sincere when he said, ‘look, I can’t promise you a place in the side and I am signing a new left-back’.
“Then Andy Robertson came to the club, but the manager encouraged me to keep working and see how things go and that is what I did.”