Is Liverpool ‘deflated’ or devoid of the Manchester City threat?

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So Liverpool are not facing title competition or they will finish third …

Dunn try or don’t try
Andy Dunn argues extensively in the Daily mirror that Liverpool do not need new signings to win the Premier League title again. Of course it does; he’s a man from Liverpool.

“The idea that you have to refresh yourself, that you have to improve, in terms of quality and quantity, from a position of strength, is commonly held.

Fix the roof while the sun is shining and all that.

“But what if their main rivals, the distant runners-up, hadn’t gotten stronger?”

It’s a good point, but completely moot because his rivals to have fortified; Manchester City have signed Ferran Torres and Nathan Ake.

“ When Manchester City were a mile away from the rest during the 2017/18 season, Klopp knew what, among other things, he had to do.

“ He paid £ 75 million for Van Dijk in January 2018 and £ 66 million for Alisson in the summer of 2018. ”

In fact it did. Because in the 2017 calendar year – Before Van Dijk’s signing, Liverpool were only the sixth-best team in the Premier League, largely because they conceded 45 goals in 40 Premier League games. His defense needed a total rebuilding.

Matching Liverpool of 2017 with Manchester City of 2020 is just ridiculous.

‘Even though they seem to be the favorites of the bookies and many judges, how is the city going to close that gap?

From Pep Guardiola’s squad came the incomparable David Silva and the electrifying Leroy Sané. Nathan Ake and Ferran Torres have arrived.

Ake is decent, but he’s not a Van Dijk.

First, Leroy Sane literally didn’t play last season, so Ferran Torres has to improve absolutely nothing. We will miss David Silva very much, but there is a guy named Phil Foden, you may have heard of him, who could step up.

And while Ake is certainly not Van Dijk, City are not in the same position as Liverpool in January 2018. They conceded just two more goals than Liverpool last season and that was largely without Aymeric Laporte; he kept 11 clean sheets in the 15 Premier League games he played. It really is pretty good.

Still, this is the same Andy Dunn who was so impressed with Liverpool’s stellar recruitment in 2018 that tipped them to finish, erm, fourth.

Lost red
At the other end of the scale, here’s Adrian Durham at talkSPORT:

“They may even have a hard time finishing second.

“No drafting, Klopp moaning, terrible season finale, and they will go flat for not scoring 100 points at the end of last season and what that post-lock form was like.

“Bielsa said that Anfield is not the same without the fans, and having been at Anfield last season when it was full of fans, and again when there were no fans there, I can tell you that there is a huge difference, more than any other. Premier League pitch that you experienced after the lockout.

“When I say Liverpool could have a hard time finishing second, I even think Liverpool could finish behind Manchester United this season.”

Why stop there, Adrian? You’ll get even more Twitter video views if you tip them for the descent. Yes, what a ‘terrible’ ending to the season in which they forged a 33-point lead over Manchester United. How will Liverpool ‘deflated’ recover?

Talking about predictions

Lonely man
Back cover of Sun: “MASON GREENWOOD has been told to train on his own at Manchester United for the next few days.”

It sounds like a harsh punishment for a transgression of England’s duty.

Wait a minute, is it because he has had a coronavirus test and that is why he should not mix with his peers?

Yes. Yes. Exactly that. So Mason Greenwood is like every other at-risk employee at any other company in the UK this week.

Back. Page.

I will continue
He was told by ‘Mason Greenwood’ to train only ‘for Manchester United and’ only comes to Carrington when other players have left ‘after being sent home in disgrace from England camp for sneaking girls into a hotel in Iceland ‘

At that length, it can only be the Online Mail.

LIVE!
‘Manchester United transfers news LIVE Jadon Sancho and Thiago Alcantara last matches of plus Man Utd’ – Manchester evening news.

And the latest LIVE from Thiago Alcantara on Friday is that The athletic reported that he ‘prefers’ Liverpool. On Wednesday.

LIVE.

Bid conversations
Now the latest LIVE news from Thiago can be found on the Echo of Liverpool, who are more than happy that their readers think that there has been a new offer from the club …

‘Liverpool news and transfers LIVE: change of direction by Luis Suárez, offer from Thiago Alcántara, presentation of the third uniform’

… when in fact, the news is that IMAGE footballer Christian Falk has been talking Kop Empire and said:

“I think Thiago overestimated his market value in the days of Corona. Bayern demand 30 million euros. So far, no club is willing to pay that amount. But on the specific question: yes, I think he will go to Liverpool. FC Barcelona and Manchester United have not yet made a specific offer to Bayern ”.

And as if by magic… ‘Thiago Alcantara puja’. Ish. Something like. Perhaps. Fuck it, they’ll click.

Crazy url
We have to praise reluctant to Mirror website for this silly slug:

https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/news/mikel-arteta-no-longer-arsenal-22664004

It’s an amazing way to advertise promotion of a man.

However, is it?
Jadon Sancho reveals he’s late for Borussia Dortmund training due to a ‘sleep problem’, but is it due to late-night Call of Duty sessions with Man United stars Marcus Rashford, Paul Pogba and Jesse Lingard? – Online Mail.

Since absolutely no one has said that they play Call of Duty late at night, this story was exclusively based on Jesse Lingard saying that they play ‘regularly’ then probably not. But congratulations on making you look a bit of an idiot.

Oh, and very strange that neither Brandon Williams nor Daniel James, also mentioned by Lingard as Call of Duty fans, appeared in this particular headline.

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