Kuyt has yet to pick up a winners' medal after arriving in the
summer of 2006.
The Kop kings have not won a thing since.
And not since Emlyn Hughes joined from Blackpool in 1967 has a
Liverpool signing and first-team regular had to wait so long for
silverware.
Ray Clemence, who joined in the same year as Hughes, went three
years before he became the No 1 keeper.
And in recent seasons, Fabio Aurelio — another 2006 buy — was
actually released and then re-signed, while Daniel Agger's injuries
mean he has never really had a lengthy run.
All of which leaves Dutch striker Kuyt as the star with the
longest trophy drought in 44 YEARS.
It is a point not lost on the man himself, who will have been a
Red for six years by the time of the Carling Cup final.
The next hurdle is tonight's fourth-round trip to Stoke and
Kuyt, a £10million buy from Ajax, admitted: "In all my time as a
Liverpool player I have been close to winning trophies. There was
the Champions League final, the semi-final and also coming second
in the Premier League.
"We know we have the squad to do well. Not being involved in
Europe this season is a major blow so the Carling Cup is a great
trophy to win because we're all desperate for silverware."
Domestic cup glory looks the one chance Liverpool have of a
trophy. After being tipped to make a title push, the top four is
now the realistic goal.
But Liverpool must end a run of four visits to Stoke without a
win — and a 1-0 defeat at the Britannia Stadium last month.
In the past the Reds have been outmuscled by Tony Pulis'
men.
But Kuyt added: "It's one of the hardest games in the league.
They are very strong, but we can be a strong, physical team as well
and if we create as many chances as we have been, we will be
happy."
