#3 Rickie Lambert
Released from Liverpool at age 15, having joined the club as a 10-year-old, Rickie Lambert never thought he would get to play for Liverpool again.
Yet after showing immense form in front of goal for Southampton between 2012 and 2014, the Englishman was snatched by his boyhood club for a meagre fee of £4m.
"I have always dreamt of playing for Liverpool, but I did kind of think the chance of playing for them had gone,” he said after completing a move in June of 2014 at 32 years old. “I didn't think the chance would come.”
Looking back, he probably would have done it again, but things didn’t turn out very well for the now 34-year-old, who currently plies his trade at Cardiff City.
His senior Liverpool career would only last one season, and although he made 36 appearances for the Reds, he could only manage three goals. Lambert was sold to West Bromwich Albion the following year for £1m less than he was bought from Southampton.
