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Some Bournemouth fans criticized Milos Kerkez for seemingly leaving it excessively agelong to contented a farewell connection to the South Coast nine and its fans connected societal media.
Kerkez finalized his transfer to Liverpool past week, signing a five-year contract with the Reds aft emerging arsenic 1 of the Premier League's champion left-backs past season.
On Tuesday (July 1), helium took to Instagram to contented a farewell connection to Bournemouth, writing: "I privation to convey the full Bournemouth household for giving maine the accidental to travel and play successful the Premier League, the gaffer, everyone astatine coaching staff, everyone astatine club, you guys volition ever beryllium successful my heart, particularly the players, made each friends for life.
"We fought batch of battles unneurotic and gave everything for each other, emotion you guys. The fans ever enactment america and I americium everlastingly thankful for the love. See you soon."
Despite the lukewarm message, immoderate Cherries supporters suggested that helium had near it excessively agelong to admit his erstwhile club. One instrumentality wrote: "Oh, you remembered then," portion different said: "He signed for Liverpool a week agone and lone conscionable made a convey you post."
In fairness, astir Bournemouth fans viewed the station rationally, with galore thanking Kerkez and wishing him the champion of luck astatine his caller club, but determination were a fewer who felt the request to beryllium negative.
Kerkez, who volition study to the AXA Training Center erstwhile Liverpool starts pre-season grooming adjacent Monday, spoke to nine media arsenic his transportation was announced past week.
"It's a existent grant for maine to travel to play for 1 of the biggest clubs successful the world, the biggest nine successful England," Kerkez told Liverpool's authoritative website. "I'm conscionable really, truly blessed and excited.
"After this, I'll spell location and successful my hometown bask a fewer days, and past I can't truly hold to travel backmost and enactment the grooming kit connected and commencement to bid and hole for the season. I conscionable privation to convey everyone for truly showing maine large love, adjacent earlier it volition beryllium announced now."
Kerkez was brought to Liverpool by sporting manager Richard Hughes, who besides antecedently signed him for Bournemouth. The 21-year-old spoke astir however helium and Arne Slot influenced the transfer:
"As everyone knows, [Richard Hughes] brought maine to Bournemouth and was [a] large portion wherefore I came to Bournemouth. Obviously besides [important] is the gaffer – I besides had talks with him.
"I truly knew erstwhile I talked to him and Richard that this is it for me, truthful that was my decision. We [he and Slot] talked astir the tactics and the program and wherever helium sees wherever I tin amended and wherever I tin assistance the team. For me, determination were nary 2nd doubts past that I privation to spell determination else. It was ever Liverpool.”
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