Liverpool legend Bruce Grobbelaar has hit out at former manager and teammate Graeme Souness for the way he treated David James when the Portsmouth No1 was at Anfield.

Grobbelaar told liverpoolfc.tv: "David James might still be here if the original plan Graeme Souness came up with had been implemented. Souness asked me to be the number one and bring on James. It didn't happen because Souness didn't like me going back and forth to play for my country, Zimbabwe. He put James in too early and destroyed his confidence. I am pleased with the way it has gone for him now, though; he is doing really well."

However, Grobbelaar described Souness as the best player he's every played with.

"Graeme Souness. He had everything you'd ever want in a footballer: he was passionate, he could lead from the front, he could pass and head the ball and he marshalled his troops very well. You'd always want him in your side. If I think about him I think of him as a player."