If truth be told, it hasn’t been the best window for Liverpool Football Club, despite the superb additions of Alexis Mac Allister and Dominik Szoboszlai.
Whilst the losses of Naby Keita, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, James Milner and Roberto Firmino were expected, the relatively late switches of Jordan Henderson and Fabinho to the Saudi Pro League has left Jurgen Klopp incredibly light in midfield.
Against Chelsea on the opening day of the 2023/24 Premier League season, it was obvious to anyone watching the game where the Reds need strengthening.
Had Moises Caicedo, for whom Liverpool had a £115m British transfer record bid accepted by Brighton and Hove Albion, agreed to move that may have solved their issues.
His preference to move to Chelsea was only compounded when the Merseyside outfit went back in for previous target, Romeo Lavia, and he too decided that it was the Blues rather than the Reds for him.
According to ESPN, it now appears that Liverpool are going after PSV Eindhoven’s Ibrahim Sangare, though there’s little point in entering into negotiations, particularly at this late stage.
That’s because, Dutch journalist, Rik Elfrink of Eindhoven’s Dagblad, has tweeted that the club are not going to entertain any offers below the player’s asking price of €37m.
PSV stelt zich bij Sangaré op een eenvoudig standpunt. Wie hem wil, moet op dit moment gewoon het clausulebedrag van 37 miljoen aftikken. En anders niks. Voor grote clubs moet zo'n bedrag geen enkel probleem zijn. Afwachten wie er doorpakt.
— Rik Elfrink (@RikElfrink) August 15, 2023
With arguably more than one player to get in before the deadline of September 1, Klopp and his recruitment team need to work hard and fast to get deals over the line.
if Liverpool had 110m for Caicedo ,whats taking them long to trigger the realese close for Doucore 70m and Sangare 37m…if they had 60m for Levia, why is that they are taking long to trigger the release clause for Pavard,Thuram,Andre or any other target …..that shows up that somewhere somehow the problem is KLOPP and his recruiting team…they are not serious,indecisive,hesitant and dont know what they want best for the team…
Why does every reporter say we lost 5 midfielders ? Kieta, not worth his wages, ox sadly a shadow of his former self, Milner off the bench ( but great ) Hendo not making 90 mins , but a great captain of the club . Bobby needed to leave a hero ! Fabhino the only one making 90 mins again a Shadow of his former self.
So please don’t make out we lost our best players , time for a change !😃
I don’t understand what Klopp is doing right now and his recruiting team…they are not showing any seriousness in regards to this…. I am totally disappointed with the new Sporting Director.