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Hannah Pinnock

Ian Wright 'proved right' over Andy Robertson claim before Liverpool move according to two BBC pundits

Liverpool's Andy Robertson has established himself as one of the best left-backs in world football since his arrival at Anfield in 2017.

He's made over 180 appearances for the Reds and has proved to be an incredible bargain for a mere £8million.

BBC Pundits Alan Shearer, Gary Lineker and Micah Richards were ranking the top 10 greatest full-backs in Premier League history and the Scotland international made the cut.

Speaking on the BBC Match of the Day Top 10 Podcast, Shearer said: “Awesome, what a signing, what a signing [Andy Robertson was]. Do you remember he was rated by Wrighty? Ian Wright.

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“He’s so reliable, brilliant, he very rarely misses games and yeah if you want him to defend, he can defend and if he’s needed to attack he can do that also."

According to pundit Gary Lineker, Wright rated Robertson back when he was at Hull City, but Lineker and Shearer weren't convinced.

The former England and Leicester City striker added: “We were sat in the studio, watching a Hull game and Wrighty said I really like this left-back, this Robertson kid is fantastic.

"He had a shocker in this game, and we ripped into Wrighty saying what do you know about full-backs?

"It was probably the only bad game he’s had, since then Mr Wright has been proven right!"

Robertson was just one of two Liverpool players to feature in every single one of the Reds' Premier League fixtures last season.

The 27-year-old was also named Scotland captain in 2018 by then-manager Alex McLeish.

It took the left-back almost half a campaign to establish himself as a mainstay under Jurgen Klopp in his debut season back in 2017/18 - but it seems Wright was already well aware of Robertson's quality.

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