Victor Moses needs to
improve or risks
getting his loan at
Liverpool cancelled,
according to former
striker John Aldridge.
Aldridge - who scored 63 goals in 104
appearances for Liverpool - says he has
been exceptionally disappointed with the
efforts of attacker Moses, who is at the
club on a season-long loan from Chelsea.
He singled out the 23-year-old's
performance against Oldham Athletic in
the FA Cup on Sunday as particularly
poor and feels Moses is taking his Anfield
stint for granted.
"Victor Moses was handed a big
opportunity when Brendan Rodgers
brought him to Liverpool from Chelsea
last summer," Aldridge wrote in his
Liverpool Echo column.
"Not many players get the chance to go
out on loan to a bigger club but I don't
think he realises how lucky he is.
"The Nigeria international could have no
complaints about being hauled off at
half-time of Sunday's 2-0 win over
Oldham.
"He looked completely disinterested in
that opening 45 minutes and gave the
manager little option.
"There was no desire, no spirit. Maybe
he's lacking a bit of confidence or maybe
he's just unhappy because he's played so
little recently. He has let himself [down]
at Liverpool."
Aldridge thinks Liverpool would have
been better served keeping winger
Oussama Assaidi - who they loaned out
to Stoke City - instead of signing Moses.
And he also believes that Liverpool boss
Brendan Rodgers should investigate the
possibility of trying to cancel Moses' loan.
"Hindsight is a great thing but we would
have been better off keeping Oussama
Assaidi and not signing Moses," he
added. "Assaidi has contributed a lot
more for Stoke during his loan spell than
Moses has for us.
"I don't know whether Chelsea would
agree to take him back as they've got a
big squad but it might be in everyone's
best interests if the loan is cancelled.
"If Moses wants to stay at Liverpool until
the end of the season then he needs to
buck his ideas up. He's in a precarious
position. He needs to realise that and
start fighting for a shirt."