Regardless of spending large in the summertime, Liverpool at the moment are reportedly contemplating a “thriller” deal to signal an attacking goal forward of Tottenham Hotspur, led by new co-sporting director Fabio Paratici.
What is going on improper at Liverpool?
In a single summer time, Liverpool signed top-of-the-line strikers on the planet, top-of-the-line midfielders on the planet, arguably the most effective left-back within the Premier League final season and a Bayer Leverkusen invincible. The champions swept up in ruthless trend, breaking their switch file twice within the course of, and regarded destined to dominate.
The prophecy hasn’t fairly been fulfilled, nevertheless. Simply eight video games in and Arne Slot finds himself in probably the most troublesome interval of his Liverpool profession with the strain rising to show round a dire run of kind. After spending to enhance even additional, the Reds look a shadow of the Premier League champions that they turned final season.
So what is going on improper at Anfield? The summer time was purported to set them up for a title defence, however it set them up for a system change and an extremely powerful teething interval.
Isak, pressured to regain sharpness after hanging till he received his Newcastle United exit, is but to get a Premier League objective. Wirtz is struggling for home begins, Frimpong has by no means been Slot’s first selection and Milos Kerkez is being requested to play an inverted position that merely matches his weak point relatively than his a number of strengths going ahead.
In the meantime, Mohamed Salah has scored only one objective from open play within the league and has been uncharacteristically poor in possession. Merely put, all of the emblems of Liverpool’s success in Slot’s debut season have disappeared from the Reds’ performances.
Not cussed, now not answerable for video games and extra open than ever below Slot, these at Anfield have already turned their focus in the direction of the January switch window.
Liverpool now contemplating January transfer for Semenyo
As reported by Mark Douglas of the i Paper, Liverpool at the moment are contemplating a transfer to signal Antoine Semenyo in January by triggering his “thriller” launch clause. Sporting director Richard Hughes is a giant admirer of the winger and is seemingly seeking to fend off competitors from Tottenham Hotspur for his signature, who’re hoping to make him their first large arrival below new co-sporting administrators Paratici and Johan Lange.
Alas, the deal will not come low cost. Experiences are claiming that Bournemouth worth Semenyo at as a lot as £75m forward of the winter window, though it’s anybody’s guess what quantity is definitely in his launch clause, a clause that will nicely have been drawn up by none apart from former Cherries chief Hughes.
PL stats 25/26 | Semenyo | Salah |
|---|---|---|
Minutes | 720 | 713 |
Targets | 6 | 2 |
Assists | 3 | 2 |
Key Passes | 10 | 15 |
It ought to come as no shock that Semenyo is the identify on the Reds’ radar amid Salah’s present struggles. The Egyptian will even go away to participate in AFCON on the finish of December, while the Bournemouth winger will keep put after Gana did not qualify. If there was ever a great time to welcome him into the aspect, it’s in Salah’s absence.
Dubbed “distinctive” by former Liverpool participant Jamie Redknapp, Semenyo stays one to observe as he continues to take the Premier League by storm.
