Waching daily Apr 28 2018

a forgettable stint at Anfield has been pushed to the back of the mind of a

striker excelling at Celta Vigo and preparing for a World Cup challenge on

January 5th 2014 Liverpool saw off Oldham Athletic 2-0 in

an FA Cup third round tie at Anfield hardly a contest to live long in the

memory but a forgettable game is notable for a forgettable goal from the most

forgettable of Reds signings iago aspis found the target just once during a

sorry stint on Merseyside with that solitary effort coming in the 54th

minute of the aforementioned Cup clash with Oldham around 7.7 million pounds

was invested in the Spaniard with Liverpool hoping to have unearthed the

diamond in the Liga rough just one season had been spent among the elite in

his homeland with south of ego with a twenty five goal halt in a successful

promotion campaign followed by 12 efforts at the highest level in 2012 to

13 Brendan Rodgers had seen enough to suggest that Espo's would be a useful

addition to an attacking arsenal which already included Luis Suarez Daniel

sturgeon Raheem Sterling but the Spanish fancy turned out to be more Fernando

laureate s than Fernando Torres the lasting memory for Liverpool supporters

of a recruitment experiment gone wrong is not that of a goal against Oldham but

of a corner swept straight to William on the edge of the box as Premier League

title dreams disintegrated in front of the club against Chelsea

Stephen Jared may have slipped but the mistakes of a legend are quickly

forgiven not so those of a man who came saw little and conquered nothing aspis

told the Guardian in May 2017 of that now infamous outing against the Blues

which would prove to be his last for the Reds and why it still follows him around

like a bad smell I suppose it's because it was my last game and we lost it was a

great season for Liverpool one of their best although I would have liked to have

played a bigger part in the corner the final memory so it's their lasting

image of me but in football you can't forever live in the past things keep

moving every day gives you another chance

Seville offered a spas a clean slate during a loan spell in 2014 to 15 and

were rewarded with a 10 goal return enough to tempt Shelton to re signing a

former favorite and Liverpool to recouped 4.4 million pounds of a

questionable outlay back in familiar surroundings a man who appeared lost in

England has flourished after easing his way back into life at the club who

nurtured him through their Academy's system aspas netted 26 times in 2016 -

17 with only Cristiano Ronaldo Lionel Messi and Luis Suarez able to better a

19 goal haul in La Liga that situation has replicated itself in the current

campaign with Salta despite being locked in mid-table

mediocrity boasting spain's deadliest striker aspis has 20 top-flight efforts

to his name netting on average once every 143 minutes with his exploits

which have also seen them provide five assists including two hat tricks and

memorable efforts home and the way in 2-2 draws with champions elect Barcelona

a man who appeared a million miles away from recognition within reigning World

Cup champions Spain as a toil that Liverpool in 2013 is now almost

guaranteed injury permitting to form part of julen low pedigree squad

attempting to recapture global glory this summer he has earned eight caps to

date with a further three goals added to a stunning debut effort recorded after

stepping off the bench in a friendly clash with England at Wembley in

November 2016 that strike curled around Tom Heaton and an off the far post

should have helped to remind any remaining skeptics of what he is capable

of with a spawning Glassell and markedly different player to the one that had

departed some 18 months previous with barely a second glance

Liverpool caught me more off-guard younger it was the first time I left

home the now 30 year old told the Spanish press recently

back where he belongs a more mature aspis is thriving and set to complete

the most remarkable of career turnarounds by taking goalscoring

instincts which once saw him restricted to a bit part rolling the FA Cup on to a

World Cup stage who knows a strong showing in a Russian shop window and

there may even be one last big move in a man who has been transformed from

forgettable flop to fearsome frontman