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23rd June 2015
10:37am BST

“I would make sure I am established before taking any of those numbers,” he said in quotes reported by The Guardian. “It is such a huge club. That was the thinking behind it. I wouldn’t want to go to Liverpool and chuck a shirt on my back like that … it is pressure you don’t need. The expectation at clubs like that is huge. Obviously I am going to work my socks off to earn that number one day. For now I will take a high number and work hard.”Usually players relish taking the big squad numbers so it is interesting that Ings has decided to take a low-key approach ahead of his first campaign with the Reds. Brendan Rodgers' Twitter alter ego approves of the decision though. https://twitter.com/DeludedBrendan/status/613276562272690176
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