Joe Allen: It was the right time to leave Liverpool

Joe Allen: It was the right time to leave Liverpool

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Stoke City and Wales midfielder Joe Allen says his decision to leave Liverpool over the summer came at the right time of his career.

Allen was handed limited opportunity during the last campaign under Jurgen Klopp and believes the change was necessary to keeping him at the top level.

“I think it had come to the point where I needed to move on,” Allen said.

“Personally, it was pretty obvious.”

“Any player will tell you regular football makes tonnes of difference to the way you perform and the way you feel out on the football pitch.”

“It comes to a certain stage in your career where if it’s not happening then you have to go and seek it out.”

“Hopefully I will get much more game time now and I think that is going to be really important for me in my international career as well.”

The 26-year-old found some of his best form of recent seasons at the summer’s European Championships where he played a key role in helping Wales reach an unlikely semi-final.

Allen says the signings made by manager Mark Hughes in recent seasons were part of the reason he decided to join the club.

“It’s pretty obvious that my type of play would not have suited Stoke years ago.”

“But the likes of Shaqiri, Arnautovic, Bojan, (Ibrahim) Afellay and (Giannelli) Imbula, players they have brought in – and others that were already there (Glenn) Whelan, Jonathan (Walters) and (Peter) Crouch – the list went on and on.”

“It made it really appealing to me, and was one of the big reasons why I signed there.”

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