Liverpool striker Dirk Kuyt is on the verge of securing an undesirable place in the history of the club. The Dutch player moved to the Anfield side in 2006, from Feyenoord in a big budget transfer, but the subsequent five seasons, and 250 matches, have seen him fail to win a single honour. Now he stands on the brink of going down in the club’s history as the player to have played the most games without winning a trophy.
Previously, Liverpool legend Emlyn Hughes had to wait for six years for his first silverware, before going on to captain the club to an unprecedented run of football trophies – including their first European Cup – but Kuyt is now only six months away from overtaking Hughes’s record. This season represents the last opportunity the player has of avoiding this, as he himself acknowledges:
“I am desperate for my first trophy as a Liverpool player, because I have been so close to winning trophies,
“There was the Champions League final (in 2007), the semi-final (of the Champions League in 2008) and coming second in the Premier League (in 2009). We have been really close, but now it is time to get some silverware”.
While the likes of Dominic Matteo were at Liverpool for longer without tangible success, they did not play as many matches as Kuyt. However the striker insists he is confident that Liverpool are on the verge of winning football trophies again, following the change of ownership and the return of Kenny Dalglish.