Nuri Sahin has hit out at claims he snubbed Arsenal to join Liverpool to earn more money.
ironically, Sahin could make his Reds debut against the Gunners at Anfield on Sunday.
And he says he signed for them on a season-long loan from Real Madrid because he felt it was the best chance of reigniting his career.
Sahin, voted the Bundesliga’s best player with Borussia Dortmund in 2010-11, said: “You don’t know me very well if you think I would go anywhere for money.
“If it was about money, I wouldn’t be here.
"I had a lot of offers that would have allowed me to earn three times as much as I will earn here.
“I don’t care about money. I know that I will earn a lot of money in my career, if everything goes well.
“The only reason I’m here is that I know I can play football here. I have a manager who trusts me and the way I play, and that I’m at a huge club.”
The Turkey midfielder claimed he is a big fan of Brendan Rodgers’ football philosophy and said the Irishman reminds him of his old Dortmund boss, Jurgen Klopp.
“We were successful at Dortmund because we were a team,” said Sahin. “In the first season under Klopp we were sixth, then fifth.
“Then we were champions and last season Dortmund did it again.
“That’s because we had a long-term project. Brendan wants to improve Liverpool the same way and I think there will only be one way under him and that is up.”
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http://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/liverpool-v-arsenal-preview-nuri-1293356