Top 5 players to play for Wolves and Liverpool including record-breaking teenager and club legend

Wolves’ next Premier League match will see the side travel to Merseyside for a huge game against Liverpool.

The Old Gold will take on Arne Slot’s Reds on Sunday in an opposite-ends-of-the-table clash.

Vitor Pereira’s men will go into Sunday’s match at Anfield in good form, though. Wolves have won their last two matches, including an impressive 2-0 Midlands Derby win over rivals Aston Villa.

Liverpool, on the other hand, although top of the table, suffered a shock FA Cup Fourth Round defeat last time out against Championship strugglers Plymouth Argyle.

Wolves and Liverpool are two of England’s oldest clubs, so unsurprisingly, there have been several players who have represented them both — 14 in total.

Ahead of the mouth-watering clash, Molineux News have taken a look at the best five ever to wear the famous colours of both Liverpool and Wolves.

5. Mark Kennedy

Mark Kennedy joined Liverpool from Millwall in 1995. The left-sided midfielder featured in 20 matches, in all competitions, before being loaned to QPR and then eventually sold to Wimbledon in 1998.

Kennedy spent one year with Wimbeldon before transferring to Manchester City and moving to Wolves in 2001 in a deal worth £2 million.

The Dublin-born midfielder spent five seasons at Molineux before joining Crystal Palace on a free transfer. He had brief stints with Cardiff City and Ipswich Town before retiring in 2012.

4. Paul Ince

Paul Ince joined Liverpool from Inter Milan in 1997. He stayed at Anfield for two seasons before moving to Middlesborough.

The central midfielder joined Wolves on a free transfer in 2002 and spent four seasons at Molineux.

Ince, who also represented England on 53 occasions, registered for Swindon Town on a free transfer in 2006 but immediately moved to Macclesfield. He spent one season with The Silkmen before retiring in 2007.

3. Robbie Keane

Robbie Keane was part of Wolves’ youth academy. The striker was promoted from Wolves’ under-18s to the senior first-team in 1997, where he competed for two seasons before joining Coventry in 1999 for £6 million, which was a British record fee for a teenager at the time.

Keane then enjoyed spells with Inter Milan and Leeds United before joining Liverpool from Tottenham in 2008.

The Dublin-born hitman stayed at Anfield for just six months before transferring back to Tottenham.

Keane, who was capped for Ireland 146 times throughout his career, also enjoyed spells with Celtic, West Ham and Aston Villa before leaving England in favour of a move to LA Galaxy in 2012.

The now-retired forward finished his career in 2018 after spending just one season with Indian side ATK.

2. Conor Coady

Conor Coady joined Liverpool’s youth academy in 2005, aged 12.

The centre-back featured heavily for the Reds’ under-21s but made just two appearances for their first team. He joined Huddersfield in 2014 before signing for Wolves a season later for £2 million.

Coady was named the side’s captain in 2017 and helped guide the Old Gold to the Sky Bet Championship title that season.

He went on to enjoy an excellent seven years in the Midlands where he featured in well over 300 matches.

The commanding defender joined Everton on a season-long loan in 2022 before moving permanently to Leicester City in 2023.

1. Diogo Jota

Diogo Jota joined Wolves, initially on loan, from Atletico Madrid in 2017. His first season at Molineux saw him part of the Wolves squad who won the 2017-18 Sky Bet Championship title.

Unsurprisingly, the Old Gold decided to sign him permanently the following season for around £12 million

Jota spent three seasons at Molineux before joining Liverpool in a deal worth £45 million. The 28-year-old’s transfer to Anfield in 2020 remains Wolves’ fifth most expensive sale.

At the time of writing, Jota, who has represented Portugal on 46 occasions, has lifted three major trophies with Liverpool, including the 2021-22 FA Cup.