Kewell Liverpool’s ‘missing link’

HARRY KEWELL headed for a Swiss training camp to escape the rumpus over his £5million move to Liverpool yesterday insisting that Leeds “have come up trumps”.

Australian midfielder Kewell has been accused of being a money grabber and stabbing Leeds fans in the back after nine years at the club. But Kewell, described by Gerard Houllier as the “missing link” for his much-criticised Liverpool attack, claims he does not owe Leeds anything and was not prepared to join a club a did not want to.

Kewell said: “I’m sorry to say that Leeds never offered me a new contract and never put actually figures and numbers in front of me for me to sit down and discuss. It’s disappointing, I was there nine years and you expect a friendship with the club, but there was no friendship there. They didn’t want to offer me a contract.”