Sort of. Diarra actually spent his three years at Liverpool on loan at three different French clubs, and never made a competitive appearance for the Reds.
I've posted this before, but it bears repeating:-
From the article on the official site when Teixeira was signed - TEIXEIRA JOINS FROM LIVERPOOL
The highlighted bit would strongly suggest that it wasn't a case of
Sami H: Hey David, let's see if we can get this kid Teixeira that I know about...
For KZNSeagull, and anyone else who is genuinely interested in our recruitment set-up (as opposed to those who simply want to call David Burke a ****), these two recent Argus articles should be required reading:-
Ex-Fulham defender on board as Albion expand their recruitment set-up
Smart...