This was an incredible find from journalist Andy Newport on Twitter on Tuesday evening.
Five years ago, to the day, Andy Robertson was turning out as a left-back for Queen’s Park in Scotland’s 3rd Division.
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He lost 2-0 to Annan and picked up a booking in the process.
At 19, there was no obvious sign he was set for eventual stardom.
Five years ago tonight @andrewrobertso5 was part of a Queen’s Park side beaten 2-0 at Annan. Now he’s on his way to Champions League semis. Astonishing pic.twitter.com/U03kEHyj7d
— Andy Newport (@AndyNewportDR) April 10, 2018
Fast forward to 2018, Robbo has just played superbly for Liverpool in the Champions League quarterfinals against Manchester City, helping Jurgen Klopp’s side win 5-1 on aggregate.
In both legs, the Scottish international was exceptional.
Our no.26 acknowledged the tweet, too!
Bit better result tonight 👀 https://t.co/tW33B52npr
— Andy Robertson (@andrewrobertso5) April 10, 2018
We were not the only Liverpool fans who were a little underwhelmed by the Robertson signing.
He’d just been relegated with Hull City and we were in desperate need of a top notch left-back.
That though is exactly what Robbo has become. In fact, there are no domestic left-backs we’d swap him for – including Manchester City duo Benjamin Mendy and Aymeric Laporte, who cost a combined fee of almost £100m.