‘Wasn’t the nicest’: Adam Bogdan gives honest assessment of Liverpool spell

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Former Liverpool goalkeeper Adam Bogdan has recalled to the Liverpool Echo a time when the atmosphere at Anfield ensured it wasn’t the ‘nicest place’.

The Hungarian stopper signed for the Reds at the start of the 2015/16 campaign and would largely act as an understudy during his time at the club.

Liverpool very nearly won the Premier League title under Brendan Rodgers during the 2013/14 campaign. After coming so close, things would quickly go downhill for the boss.

The following season they slipped to sixth in the league, losing Luis Suarez to Barcelona in the process.

Bogdan had only been at the club three months when Rodgers was dismissed after a 1-1 draw at Everton.

The goalkeeper says he felt the pressure having joined from the Championship.

He told the Liverpool Echo: “It wasn’t the best atmosphere, especially not at Anfield. They always talk about the famous Anfield atmosphere but we weren’t playing well enough and the results weren’s as comfortable as they should have been or the fans wanted and it wasn’t the nicest place.

“There is more pressure. Liverpool have worldwide support. Most of their games are televised all over the world. You have pundits on TV who used to play for Liverpool so there’s added attention on the team. When you play for a big club, it’s normal. There’s a lot of pressure not just on the goalkeeper but on all the players.”

TBR Verdict

It would appear from these comments that Bogdan – and his team-mates – felt the pressure of playing for Liverpool during the pre-Jurgen Klopp era.

The end of Rodgers’ time as manager can’t have been an easy time to play for Liverpool but it is perhaps interesting that he cites the atmosphere as being a challenge.

Liverpool are a club that typically boasts about their excellent atmosphere but these comments suggest that they perhaps haven’t always been as supportive as they should be.

It’s hard to argue with how the club has progressed under Klopp and the Rodgers era is now a distant blemish in recent history.