Former Liverpool defender has recently opened up on when he asked former manager Brendan Rodgers to be sold to Barcelona in 2014. The ex-defender said he was seriously pleading with Brendan Rodgers to allow him to leave Liverpool then in favor of a move to the Camp Nou in the 2014 summer transfer window after he was fed up with life at Anfield.

The former Denmark international defender was reportedly in tears and tendered in a transfer request after he heard of Barcelona's interest in signing him. He never moved to Barcelona though, as a move was blocked by both Rodgers and the club.
The reason for the failed transfer was that Liverpool were short of defenders and needed every defensive option they had as they were short of time to bring in a replacement if they had allowed anyone leave the club.