So begins Jan Molby’s homage to the ninth selection in his Ultimate XI, the left-winger he has chosen to complete a midfield also comprising no lesser names than Johan Cruyff, Frank Rijkaard and Michel Platini.
A man with whom Molby shared a dressing room at Anfield for almost nine years, one whose talents he describes with an unconcealed awe.
John Barnes.
“I feel sorry for the people who didn’t quite see enough of this guy,” the Great Dane explains.
“When he arrived at Liverpool in 1987 and for the years until he unfortunately ruptured his Achilles tendon, he was as good as anything in the world.