Top 5 footballers who returned to play for their former club

Henry scored a crucial goal against Sunder in the 2012 season

#2 Ian Rush (Liverpool, 1980-1987 & 1988-1996)

Ian Rush is still Liverpool’s top goal-scorer with 346 goals

As Liverpool fans would tell you, it’s like he never left. Liverpool’s all time top-scorer with 346 goals in 660 appearances left the club in 1987 to join Serie A side, Juventus. Rush managed to score only seven goals for the club from Turin.

His return to Merseyside was as prolific as ever, in a span of eight years, the Welshman found the back of the net more than 100 times.

After leaving the club in 1997, he played for a host of clubs, which included Leeds United, Newcastle United, Sheffield United, Wrexham and Sydney Olympic. However, he failed to recreate the kind of form he showcased at Liverpool.

Unfortunately, Ian Rush along with players such as Mark Hughes was a part of a Welsh squad, which never made it to the World Cup.

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