{"id":480373,"date":"2025-10-07T12:24:18","date_gmt":"2025-10-07T12:24:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/480373\/"},"modified":"2025-10-07T12:24:18","modified_gmt":"2025-10-07T12:24:18","slug":"star-who-quit-liverpool-in-summer-weighs-in-on-reds-losing-three-in-a-row-football-sport","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/480373\/","title":{"rendered":"Star who quit Liverpool in summer weighs in on Reds losing three in a row | Football | Sport"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Jarell Quansah has dismissed suggestions that Liverpool are enduring a mini-crisis following three consecutive defeats. The reigning Premier League champions were beaten by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/latest\/chelsea-fc\" data-link-tracking=\"InArticle|AutoLink\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Chelsea<\/a> on Saturday evening, adding to narrow losses against Galatasaray and Crystal Palace.<\/p>\n<p>This has prompted pundits to question <a href=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/latest\/arne-slot\" data-link-tracking=\"InArticle|AutoLink\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Arne Slot<\/a>&#8216;s tactics, with Jamie Carragher asserting &#8220;it is far too easy to get at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/latest\/liverpool-fc\" data-link-tracking=\"InArticle|AutoLink\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Liverpool<\/a>&#8220;. However, Quansah, who is currently with the England squad preparing for Thursday&#8217;s Wembley friendly against Wales, dismissed the idea it&#8217;s all going wrong at Anfield when questioned about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/latest\/liverpool-fc\" data-link-tracking=\"InArticle|AutoLink\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Liverpool<\/a>&#8216;s poor run of form.<\/p>\n<p>The 22-year-old defender responded: &#8220;I&#8217;m not part of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/latest\/liverpool-fc\" data-link-tracking=\"InArticle|AutoLink\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Liverpool<\/a> any more. I&#8217;m not behind the scenes. I don&#8217;t know what is going on or anything like that but what I do know is it was an unbelievable team last season so it is not going to change much in a few months. That is all I can say on that.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/latest\/liverpool-fc\" data-link-tracking=\"InArticle|AutoLink\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Liverpool<\/a> were anticipated to replace Quansah with Marc Guehi but the Crystal Palace captain&#8217;s transfer to Anfield collapsed at the eleventh hour. This has left some questioning whether <a href=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/latest\/liverpool-fc\" data-link-tracking=\"InArticle|AutoLink\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Liverpool<\/a> acted too hastily in offloading Quansah to Bayer Leverkusen for \u00a335million during the summer.<\/p>\n<p>Yet the player himself revealed that he felt obliged to depart Anfield due to limited regular playing time.<\/p>\n<p>A return to Merseyside is not currently on his radar, despite <a href=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/latest\/liverpool-fc\" data-link-tracking=\"InArticle|AutoLink\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Liverpool<\/a> including a \u00a351mbuy-back clause &#8211; which can be triggered in summer 2027 &#8211; in the agreement that sent Quansah to the Bundesliga.<\/p>\n<p>When questioned about that clause, Quansah said: &#8220;I play for Leverkusen and I&#8217;m not in a position where I think I can just jump straight back in and be the best player in the world and solve every problem.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m still young and I&#8217;m still going to make mistakes. The quicker I iron them out the quicker I can feel really, really confident with my own ability and know exactly the player I am because I still don&#8217;t exactly know that yet. I&#8217;ll only get that by playing more games. That&#8217;s what I&#8217;m set up to do at the moment.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Quansah, who is yet to earn his first England cap despite being included in several squads, has had an encouraging start to his career with Leverkusen. The club, which dismissed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/latest\/erik-ten-hag\" data-link-tracking=\"InArticle|AutoLink\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Erik ten Hag<\/a> after just two league matches, currently sit fifth in the Bundesliga table.<\/p>\n<p>Quansah confessed that the assurance of regular minutes was the driving force behind his decision to depart from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/latest\/liverpool-fc\" data-link-tracking=\"InArticle|AutoLink\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Liverpool<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>When asked why he opted for Leverkusen, Quansah explained: &#8220;It was knowing I could play at a really high level with top players and play in the Champions League on a regular basis. If you try and move to another top Premier League side, you might not be playing in the Champions League.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;It&#8217;s been good for myself to make that step and go abroad because I just wanted game time and when you are at a team like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.express.co.uk\/latest\/liverpool-fc\" data-link-tracking=\"InArticle|AutoLink\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Liverpool<\/a>, it&#8217;s not promised because there are world-class players all over the pitch. I just wanted somewhere where they can trust that I might make mistakes at times but they will look under that and see I can keep pushing and pushing.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jarell Quansah has dismissed suggestions that Liverpool are enduring a mini-crisis following three consecutive defeats. 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