He was Liverpool captain thanks to Klopp, Anfield fans love him, he was diagnosed with brain problem

The Premier League has seen and continues to see Spanish players who are perfectly adapted to English football. Today's protagonist is one of them: José Enrique Who was he?: A Valencian left back of the 2000s and the last decade. What is he remembered for?: Mostly for his experience in the Premiership, specifically at Newcastle and Liverpool.

What became of him: He retired in 2017 with Real Zaragoza. He is based in Liverpool and after hanging up his boots he dedicated himself to the world of coaching and also has a channel dedicated to Liverpool FC on Instagram, where you can also follow him on his personal profile. Did you know: He trained at the Club Colegio Salgui school in Valencia, where Valencia legend Fernando Gómez Colomer also came from.

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He started playing in the Levante academy, but was soon transferred to Valencia, where he never made his debut. After a good year at Villarreal, he went to England to play for Newcastle, where he was voted best player of the 09/10 season. That year he was also included in the team of the year by the Professional Footballers' Association (PFA). He spent five seasons at Liverpool, but played very little in the last three seasons due to a knee injury. He scored only five goals in his professional career (one for Levante's reserve team, one for Newcastle, two for Liverpool and one for Zaragoza). In 2018 he was diagnosed with chordoma, a rare type of brain tumour. Fortunately, he gave it up in April 2019.

Grateful to Klopp

On his Twitter account, José Enrique posted a photo with Klopp and thanked him for the gesture of giving him the captaincy in a match: On this day- i was captain of LFC in 2016.dont believe is something that I deserved it but Klopp knew how horrible time I was having with my knee and knowing as well that I was leaving in the summer and give me that day that I will never forget and be grateful for ever to him. We sealed a 3-0 victory over Exeter City in the FA Cup which would turn out to be my last game game as an LFC player. I will always miss these days. Up the reds.