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My natural instinct is not to wish Manchester United the best, but I have to appreciate that seeing them in the mix of titles, currently at the top alongside Liverpool, is good for the game.
The rivalry between Liverpool and Manchester City has been fascinating in recent years, but nothing can compare to seeing the two biggest clubs in the country, Liverpool and United, go head-to-head.
United’s resurgence under Ole Gunnar Solskjaer is an example that patience may be the best policy towards a manager. There have been many occasions when Solskjaer has been canceled or needed a result to secure his work and he has always found a way.
That’s a credit to him and perhaps a lesson for happy-to-fire presidents that managers sometimes have to be given a proper chance, particularly when they’re trying to instigate long-term change.
I think Solskjaer has performed remarkably well over the last two years. It is difficult not to like it. I think they will fall short this season, more than 38 games, Liverpool and City are even stronger, but United has returned competitive.
And if the worst happens and United ends up champions, Solskjaer is the one person who wouldn’t mind winning because he would stay humble and take it the right way, like Jurgen Klopp did in Liverpool.
If José Mourinho had won the League with United, it would have been something different!
Meanwhile, January may not be the busiest transfer window ever, but one possible deal that would help is for Liverpool to sign a central outlet. They have coped very well with the loss of Virgil van Dijk, Joe Gomez and Joel Matip, but with the number of matches they will face off against top quality, it is something Klopp should certainly consider.
I like David Alaba at Bayern Munich and my former teammate at Liverpool, Didi Hamann, praises him. The question is whether you would rather move to Spain rather than England.
Leipzig’s Dayot Upamecano is a suitable player, but his team has drawn Liverpool in the Champions League.
We all know the history of Sergio Ramos with Liverpool, while Chelsea will not want to sell Antonio Rudiger to a rival. Conor Coady in Wolves is more used to playing a back five, so I see the problem in finding the right center half.
Klopp showed by waiting for Van Dijk that he doesn’t like running to the market.
I would suggest that their scouts and transfer team scour the soccer world for a center back who can help them deal with injuries.
It would be a risk not even to try to find a solution, even though Nathaniel Phillips and Rhys Williams have not let anyone down.
Source: m.allfootballapp.com
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