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"The club have invested an astronomical amount of money on a talented player and Joe had the opportunity," Rodgers told the press after the defeat by his former club, Swansea.

"He has been back fit a couple of weeks and his opportunities have been limited but you have to see.

"I thought it was difficult for him. It was too slow and it wasn't what I would expect from a team I tried to set up to be dynamic