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'It's hard to get your head round': Robbie Fowler sympathises with Cristiano Ronaldo's exile from Man United after he was 'forced out' from Liverpool in 2001 - and insists the forward 'has got to go' if he wants regular minutes

Liverpool legend Robbie Fowler has drawn comparisons between his own Anfield exit and Cristiano Ronaldo's current turbulent tenure at Manchester United that has seen the Portuguese thrown into the limelight for all the wrong reasons.

Fowler's sensational goalscoring feats for Liverpool has made him arguably the Merseyside club's greatest ever striker - scoring 187 goals for the Reds during two spells between 1993 and 2006.

His first stint at his boyhood club ended in 2001 after the emergence of Michael Owen saw Fowler's playing time reduced with then-Liverpool boss Gérard Houllier favouring a strike partnership of Owen and Emile Heskey.