Three years after the stabbing that ultimately led to his departure from Derby, former Liverpool defender Andre Wisdom has joined a new club.
Wisdom was at a house party during lockdown in 2020 when he was stabbed in the head and buttocks during a robbery as he left.
There were five guys, with balaclavas and knives, and they said ‘give me your watch,'” he told The Beautiful Game podcast in May.
“I said ‘no,’ so what else happens?
We just start arguing. I went home after the incident and when I got home I realized I had been stabbed multiple times.”
At the time, Wisdom was on the books at Derby but was released in 2021 after failing to regain match fitness, admitting he was “just not the same”.
He played twice for Birmingham U21s during a trial period last year, but the 30-year-old has been without a club for more than two years.
However, news broke on Friday that Wisdom has signed for local team Warrington Town, who play in the sixth tier of English football.
Wisdom has been training with National League North in recent weeks and has earned a permanent contract, meaning he will be eligible for Saturday’s match against King’s Lynn Town.
While it may come as a shock to a player who counts Liverpool, Derby, West Brom, Norwich and Salzburg as former clubs, he will accept the reality of his situation.
The versatile defender has turned to property investment in recent years, with the knowledge that his football career may be over.
But the deal with Warrington Town allows him to continue playing while remaining in the Merseyside area and managing the properties he rents from his former club.
“I have houses that I rent in Liverpool and they house some of the young players there when they come from different cities,” he explained.
And their families live in some of my houses.
Wisdom spent nine-and-a-half years at Liverpool after joining Bradford as a 14-year-old in 2008, making 22 first-team appearances.
On his senior debut, he scored his only goal for the club as they led the Reds 2-1 and beat Young Boys 5-3 in the Europa League.
Warrington Town currently sit 17th in the National League North, with another former Liverpool player, goalkeeper Dan Atherton, part of Mark Beesley’s squad.
