One celebrity has now commented about how devastated he is over missing the chance to play for the Premier League team

The Reds attempted to sign Yevhen Konoplyanka in January 2014, but last-minute issues prevented the transaction from closing, the Ukrainian was representing Dnipro Dnipropetrovsk in his native Ukraine at the time, and according to the Liverpool Echo, Liverpool was willing to match his £16 million buy-out clause.

When Liverpool approached the winger, he had previously won the Ukrainian Football Player of the Year award three times, however, Dnipro president Ihor Kolomoyskyi flatly refused to approve the transfer because he didn't want to lose his top player, when Weszlo asked Konoplyanka about the unsuccessful maneuver,

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She replied, "I was crying. A serious delegation from Liverpool visited Dnipropetrovsk. We had supper. They were prepared to pay whatever Ihor Kolomoyskyi, the owner of the Dnipro, demanded, we are waiting for you, Martin Skrtel wrote in a message to me, I received OK from Steven Gerrard as well. 
I used to travel to Kolomoyskyi 

And beg to be allowed to leave my wish will be fulfilled because of it. I pleaded. Liverpool made a 25 million euro (£18 million) offer, however, I didn't feel let down by choosing to travel to Sevilla instead, the following summer, Konoplyanka finally signed with Sevilla of Spain, where he was a member of the group that defeated

Europa League final, the Ukrainian

Liverpool in the 2015–16 UEFA Europa League final, the Ukrainian, who is now 33 and plays for MKS Cracovia in Poland, never quite realized his full athletic ability, although it is unknown how his career would have developed had he relocated to Liverpool, Konoplyanka yearned for that day back in 2014, so that he could be with the Red's.