{"id":295621,"date":"2023-11-19T19:12:43","date_gmt":"2023-11-19T19:12:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/?p=295621"},"modified":"2023-11-19T19:12:43","modified_gmt":"2023-11-19T19:12:43","slug":"liverpools-forgotten-man-arroyo-hasnt-played-once-in-six-seasons-since-joining","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportstoft.com\/soccer\/liverpools-forgotten-man-arroyo-hasnt-played-once-in-six-seasons-since-joining\/","title":{"rendered":"Liverpool’s forgotten man Arroyo hasn’t played once in six seasons since joining"},"content":{"rendered":"

Man City lead Premier League title race as Liverpool move to second<\/h3>\n

Under Jurgen Klopp, Liverpool have had far more transfer successes than failures. But there have been some players who have had peculiar and in some cases downright unfortunate Anfield careers – none more so than the club\u2019s forgotten man Anderson Arroyo.<\/p>\n

Arroyo is a Colombian defender capable of playing at centre-back or as a right-back. He joined Liverpool in February 2018, a little over two years after Klopp\u2019s arrival. The Reds signed him from Fortaleza CEIF, a club in his home country, after watching him impress at the U20s South American Youth Championship.<\/p>\n

He arrived in England as a teenager, just 18 years old, with significant potential and it was hoped he might blossom into a player capable of making an impact in the Reds\u2019 first team in the future. But this is now the sixth season since he joined Liverpool – and still he has never made an appearance for the club.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s despite the fact Klopp has dished out 86 debuts in his eight years in charge. Arroyo, 24, has never even made a match-day squad for a competitive fixture.<\/p>\n

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Upon joining almost six years ago, he was immediately sent out on loan to RCD Mallorca – initially for 18 months – and made a handful of appearances for their B team in Spain\u2019s third tier without ever representing the senior side in the division above. His loan was then cut short in the summer of 2018 and he has been perennially on loan ever since.<\/p>\n

After a few months in Mallorca, his loan was cut short. He headed to Gent for the 2018-19 campaign, the same one Liverpool won the Champions League, where he linked up with Taiwo Awoniyi. The Nigerian, now tearing it up with Nottingham Forest in the Premier League, was then on Liverpool books but like Arroyo was only a loanee.<\/p>\n

How differently things have gone for the duo. Arroyo never played for the Belgians while Awoniyi made 22 appearances, scoring three goals. He now has 14 Premier League goals in 37 appearances for Forest after a successful spell in Germany.<\/p>\n

By contrast, since 2018-19, the little-seen Arroyo has had loans with FK Mlada Boleslav (Czech First League), Salamanca (Spanish Segunda Division B), Mirandes (Spanish Segunda Division), Deportivo Alaves (Spanish Segunda Division) and FC Andorra (Spanish Segunda Division).<\/p>\n