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Sean DUNDEE\/VFB STUTTGART (Image: Photo by Friedemann Vogel\/Bongarts\/Getty Images)<\/p>\nExclusive interview with Sean Dundee as he reveals why he flopped at Liverpool and reacts to ‘worst ever striker’ labelSean DUNDEE\/VFB STUTTGART (Image: Photo by Friedemann Vogel\/Bongarts\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n
Sean Dundee was in disbelief when deciding his future in the summer of 1998. He had previously enjoyed two prolific campaigns with Karlsruher SC, scoring 41 goals from 87 appearances to establish himself as one of the Bundesliga\u2019s most potent strikers and even help fire the club into Europe.<\/p>\n
But after seeing the goals dry up in what would prove to be his final season with the club, netting only four times, it was time for a change for the then 25-year-old.<\/p>\n
He still had a number of options on the table despite his disappointing campaign. But unsure where to go, that did not prepare him for the shock when he learned Liverpool<\/a> had entered the race for his signature.<\/p>\n READ MORE: I flopped after trading Bundesliga for Liverpool – Florian Wirtz will win the league<\/a>READ MORE: I feel sorry for Darwin Nunez – I’d have been hammered if I still played for Liverpool<\/a><\/p>\n \u201cI was very surprised when I heard Liverpool were interested in me,\u201d he admitted in an exclusive interview with the ECHO<\/a>, courtesy of spelbolagutansvensklicens.co<\/a>. \u201cI mean, I had three teams interested in me already and was stuck trying to choose between them.<\/p>\n \u201cOne in the Bundesliga, Gladbach, I had Auxerre in France and Glasgow Rangers. Weeks on, I still wasn’t sure what to do.<\/p>\n \u201cAnd then, as soon as Liverpool came in, it was like, \u2018All right, I’m going there!\u2019 There was no doubting or hesitation. As soon as I heard, I said, \u2018That’s it, that’s where I want to go.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n Dundee would complete a \u00a32m move to Anfield<\/a> as the Reds brought him in as cover for Robbie Fowler, Michael Owen and Karl-Heinz Riedle.<\/p>\n Yet his dream move would turn into something of a nightmare as the striker ultimately flopped on Merseyside. Making just five substitute appearances for the Reds, he was swiftly discarded by Gerard Houllier<\/a> as he found himself returning to Germany little over a year later, tail between his legs, having managed just 56 minutes of action for the club.<\/p>\n Looking back, Dundee admits he only has himself to blame. Signed by Liverpool\u2019s doomed joint-managers, after Houllier had controversially been appointed to serve alongside Roy Evans, he concedes he was not fit enough when he first linked up with the Reds and made a bad first impression that he was never able to recover from.<\/p>\n \u201cIt was my own fault really, why it didn\u2019t work out,\u201d he conceded. \u201cThe World Cup came, our break was before the English break.<\/p>\n \u201cI had quite a long break, over a month, nearly one and a half months where I didn’t do much.<\/p>\n \u201cSo when the season did start, I was first of all not fit enough. And with the two coaches, it was a difficult thing. The two of them didn\u2019t really get on with each other all the time. It was always a little bit of bad air, I would say.<\/p>\n \u201cBut it was that first impression, I didn\u2019t make a good impression from the start. Obviously not being fit, I had to first catch up and get fit myself.<\/p>\n \u201cAnd when I was fit and ready to play, I got injured. I had the knee injury and I was out for two months.<\/p>\n \u201cAnd in those two months really, yeah, that\u2019s where it really ended and my future there had passed.\u201d<\/p>\n Evans would later admit that he regretted signing the forward, and is quoted as saying: “One player I do regret signing was Sean Dundee, he was terrible on and off the pitch. He didn’t take any notice of me, did what he wanted and lacked discipline. He certainly shouldn’t have joined Liverpool.”<\/p>\n Belatedly named on the bench for the first time against Valencia in the UEFA Cup in late October, his debut followed against Fulham in the League Cup<\/a> when he was introduced in the 83rd minute.<\/p>\n A second outing followed in the return leg against Valencia at the start of November, before Dundee suffered a knee injury.<\/p>\n In his absence, Evans left the club with Houllier taking sole-control of the side. And the Frenchman swiftly left Dundee in no doubt that his time at Anfield was already over.<\/p>\n \u201cWhen Gerard Houllier took over by himself and Roy Evans left, then my time was over there,\u201d he recalled. \u201cIt didn\u2019t matter how I trained or what I did, there was nothing I could do. I had to leave.<\/p>\n \u201cHe made it clear as well. As soon as he took over, there were a few players, I can remember, that I think he sorted out.<\/p>\n \u201cThere were quite a few players in that season that he didn’t want anymore. I know that at the end of the season Paul Ince and I used to train alone because he didn’t want us to train with the team.\u201d<\/p>\n