Fans started heading for the exits at St Mary’s after 19 minutes of the 9-0 home defeat by Leicester but despite his embarrassment, the former Saints playmaker stuck it out until the endA wry smile plays on the lips of Matt Le Tissier as he ponders the question of where he, the Southampton superstar in his playing pomp, would fit in to the Liverpool side currently running away with the Premier League. Assuming he is familiar with the former midfielder’s famously languid style, Jürgen Klopp would no doubt have appreciated Le Tissier’s penchant for the sublime and often preposterously ridiculous in front of goal, although his fabled absence of a serious work ethic would have had the German gnashing his pearly whites in frustration.“I probably wouldn’t fit into that team because of the system that they play,” concedes Le Tissier, whose YouTube showreel boasts enough wizardry to suggest any top-flight manager would have been glad to have a player of such talents to call upon. Indeed the former Barcelona maestro Xavi has even claimed to have been obsessed with Le Tissier’s “outrageous, sickening goals” as a kid. Related: Loyal Le Tissier retires Continue readingreadfullarticle
