Sunderland's Ola Toivonen has claimed that Liverpool previously tried to bring him to England and says he "regrets" not making the switch to Anfield.
The 29-year-old attacking midfielder recently linked up with the Black Cats and his former PSV Eindhoven boss Dick Advocaat in a season-long loan move from Rennes, but the Swedish international told the Northern Echo (h/t Joe Short of the Express) that he missed out on a dream transfer to Merseyside:
I have had opportunities to come to the Premier League before; a couple of years ago it looked like I would be joining Liverpool when Roy Hodgson was there.