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3rd July 2018
04:00pm BST

During the 2015/16 season, Kirkland and Pickford were both playing for Preston North End and the veteran 'keeper advised Liverpool to snap him up.
"I tried to get Liverpool to sign Jordan two or three years ago when I was at Preston with him," Kirkland told talkSPORT.
"I was raving about him to the Liverpool staff, saying this lad is the best I’ve worked with. I told them he is going to be something special – but not many people take notice of me to be honest! Unfortunately they didn’t get him and Everton have got, for me, a steal even at £30 million."Pickford became the third most expensive goalkeeper in history when he made his move to Goodison Park from Sunderland last summer. He has since nailed down the No 1 spot for the England national team and there's no doubt that he would start ahead of Karius and Simon Mignolet if Liverpool had just taken Kirkland's advice.
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