Whakarāpopototia te tuhinga:  Kua whakatuwherahia e Liverpool nga korero ki a Joe Allen mo te hainatanga o tetahi kirimana hou. Ko te kaitakawaenga o Wales, kei te ora mai i te raru o te hope iti, neke atu i te rua tau te roa o ona ahuatanga o naianei engari he kaitakaro e hiahia ana a Brendan Rodgers ki te pupuri mo te wa roa. Ko Allen tetahi o nga waitohu tuatahi a Rodgers i a ia i noho hei kaiwhakahaere o Liverpool i te tau 2012, i mua i te mea he tangata nui ki a ia i Swansea, a kua haere tonu ia ki te whakakii i tetahi mahi nui i Anfield. Kua whakaritea kia whakawhiwhia a Joe Allen ki tetahi kirimana hou mo te wa roa e Liverpool, e rua nga tau e toe ana i tana kirimana o naianei. Ka harikoa a Brendan Rodgers ki te whakawhānui i te noho o tētahi kaitākaro i kawea mai e ia i Swansea. E 24 ngā tukinga a ia i tēnei wā mō te kapa e whai ana i te toa toa o Rodgers, ā, ka hoki ki tana karapu o mua i tēnei wiki, i te mea e whai ana a Liverpool kia mau tonu tana āhua pai ki a Swansea. I ngaro ia i te tukinga 0-0 a Liverpool ki a Blackburn Rovers i te Ipu FA i te Ratapu me te taumaha o te huha iti engari ko te tumanako ka hoki mai mo te haerenga ki te Liberty Stadium. Kua wikitoria a Liverpool i ā rātou kēmu e whā whakamutunga o te Pirimia Pirimia tae atu ki te wikitoria 2-1 whakamiharo ki te toa o Manchester City i tēnei marama.
E rua tau te roa o te kirimana a Joe Allen ki a Liverpool. Engari kei te rapu te karapu i a ia ki te haina i tetahi kirimana hou mo te wa roa. E hiahia ana a Brendan Rodgers ki te pupuri i a Allen i muri i tana hainatanga ki a ia i te tau 2012.