Liverpool legend Ian Rush said the club were in danger of becoming a "laughing stock".

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And despite playing alongside greats such as Ian Rush and Mark Hughes, Saunders says Giggs stood out as the exceptional talent.

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However, the former Manchester United and Port Vale striker, who has scored 13 times this season, was wanted back at the Deva Stadium by current Chester boss Ian Rush.

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Torres has been touted as the final missing piece in the Anfield jigsaw, the striker who can provide the sort of golden goal touch Liverpool have lacked since the heady days of Kenny Dalglish, Ian Rush or Robbie Fowler and Michael Owen in more recent times.

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When, in one of the most symbolic moments, United legend Sir Bobby Charlton, a survivor of the Munich air crash, handed flowers to former Liverpool striker Ian Rush, who was on the pitch that day at Hillsborough and spent much of the next year attending victims' funerals, applause rang out throughout Anfield.

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