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Ian Rush and nine more players who returned to the Reds

Thirty years ago today, Ian Rush re-signed for Liverpool after spending the 1987-88 season with Juventus in Italy's Serie A.

The prolific striker had won 10 major trophies and the European Golden Boot during seven years with the Reds and it took a British record transfer fee of £3.2million to take him to Turin.

With English clubs banned from Europe, Rush was looking forward to the prospect of playing against "the top foreign players in the world", but he joined a Juve team in transition and found it tough to settle.

"Looking back, Juventus were the right club at the wrong time," Rush told the Observer in 2005.