There were rumors of a major reshuffle at Liverpool this summer, and Jürgen Klopp along with sporting director, Jörg Schmadtke have indeed cleaned up the squad.
Fabinho, Jordan Henderson, Roberto Firmino, Naby Keita, James Milner, Fabio Carvalho, Calvin Ramsay and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlian have all left the club. With four days until the league opener against Chelsea, supporters’ concerns about the club’s activity in the transfer market have spread to the squad.
– I can definitely understand that (concern, ed. note) but I am not a particularly negative person. But it is clear, when several players leave, the captain leaves, the vice-captain leaves and right now we only have two players in, says Liverpool’s new captain, Virgil van Dijk according to Reuters.
Liverpool have scored goals up front in pre-season. Mohamed Salah has been behind most of it and Darwin Nunez, Diogo Jota, Luis Diaz and Cody Gakpo have started the goalscoring, but the defensive game worries “The Reds” captain.
– And the way we’ve played, with the ball it’s really good but defensively it doesn’t look as good when we concede goals, I can understand that some people have doubts.”
At the same time, Van Dijk urges new heroes to step forward.
– Players who have played a big role in the success have left, but others must step forward. It’s a nice challenge in my opinion. We should be excited. We have to play with confidence, we should believe in ourselves.
2023-08-09 05:39:00
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