How long is john arne riise out for

But I hope people don't forget that there were seven years before that, in which he was consistently one of the best left backs in the Premiership.

He made his debut against Bayern Munich, scoring on the way to his first trophy in a red shirt, a European Super Cup.

A Cup and a Champions League trophy. How does he rate with other Liverpool legends? Well, I think he deserves to be up there. Not on the pedestal that the likes of Dalglish, Keegan, Fowler, Rush, Hunt and Gerrard are on, but he would certainly be in a Classic Liverpool squad something coming up in the Greatest Ever series. The full-back spent seven years at Anfield, during which time he made appearances, winning an FA Cup, a League Cup and the Champions League in Riise moved to Serie A side Roma in , playing games and scoring 11 goals during a four-year spell in the Italian capital.

He then returned to England to play at Fulham for three seasons before stints in Cyprus, India and Norway. The left-back, a Champions League winner with the Reds in , has made 10 appearances for Aalesund, the club with whom he started his career, in his Norwegian homeland this season. However, he has decided to walk away from the game after realising he is no longer able to cope with the physical demands.

But that is not to be. It stops here," he wrote on his personal website. Skip to main content Skip to navigation. Ex Liverpool defender Riise retires. Kane to Man City? A spokesman for Liverpool said: "We are unable to comment as this is a private matter. This article is more than 14 years old. John Arne Riise is involved in a legal dispute.