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Royal Antwerp striker Mbokani regrets rejecting Liverpool

Former Norwich City striker Dieudonne Mbokani admits he regrets turning down Liverpool.

In 2010, when Roy Hodgson replaced Rafael Benitez at Anfield, the Congo forward snubbed a move to Merseyside to join Monaco - where he only managed 10 appearances.

“When I played at Standard, I had the choice between Monaco and Liverpool," Mbokani told Het Nieuwsblad.

But that turned out badly.

"If I had gone to Liverpool I might have had a career as [Samuel] Eto'o or [Didier] Drogba.

"Because I felt that with my qualities I must not be inferior to those two."

The striker is now playing his club football at Belgian side Royal Antwerp.

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