Joe Cole
Joe Cole was a major flop at Liverpool, where injury and a lack of fitness prevented him from every truly making his mark. Subsequent stints back at West Ham United and Aston Villa have barely been more successful.
Jordan Henderson
One of the bright hopes of the club’s future, Henderson has recently signed a new five-year deal at Anfield and is the favourite to replace the departing Gerrard as club captain this summer.
Stewart Downing
Downing—who was much maligned as a waste of money at Anfield—enjoyed a renaissance of sorts with West Ham United earlier this season, and he even earned an unlikely recall to the England squad. In general, he has struggled to recreate the impact he made at Middlesbrough and then Aston Villa.