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In recent years, Liverpool have become the envy of the football world with their transfer activity and their successes on the pitch. Michael Edwards has planned the recruitment and Jürgen Klopp has planned the trophy presentation, together they have been terrorizing Barcelona. Liverpool could be poised for another win over Barcelona this summer if two key transfers occur.
Liverpool could be poised for another win over Barcelona this summer if two key transfers occur. (Photo by Clive Brunskill / Getty Images)
Liverpool and Barcelona
January 2018 was a strange time for Kopites. Liverpool had just sold one of their best players to Barcelona, something sad. However, they had flushed out buyers for every penny, a good thing.
We used the 142 million pounds that Barça paid for Philippe Coutinho to bring in Virgil van Dijk, Alisson Becker and Fabinho.
The Camp Nou club was frustrated with its megabucks purchase, eventually handing it over to Bayern Munich: the Brazilian would score twice and assist once against his parent club in that match against Barça.
The Reds have not only had them in the transfer market, they also broke the Catalan club’s heart in the Champions League, beating four at Anfield in an impressive comeback.
Two key transfers
The next few weeks will be dominated by stories of a transfer carousel.
The trip involves Liverpool, Barcelona, Gini Wijnaldum and Thiago Alcantara.
The theory says that one transfer will beget the other. When the Reds get Thiago, Barça will do it with Gini, or vice versa.
Ronald Koeman is said to have made signing Barcelona Wijnaldum a “priority”. Whereas Liverpool have a well documented interest in Thiago.
Another Liverpool victory over Barcelona
Liverpool are believed to be stalling on a Thiago play for two reasons: a stacked midfield and Bayern’s asking price.
If Barcelona gives us the money for Thiago and frees space at the same time, we can score it as one more victory over the Blaugrana.
This, of course, is dependent on us getting a proper rate for Gini Wijnaldum and agreeing reasonable terms with Bayern for Thiago.
With Michael Edwards overseeing the deals, we can be sure things will work out in our favor, he has not been wrong in the transfer market in years.
As sentimental as we want to be, it’s hard to argue that Thiago wouldn’t be a Wijnaldum update. With crossed fingers we take it out.
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