Liverpool fans sent an Arsenal transfer warning when FSG claimed


This summer, he appeared to be Timo Werner until Chelsea and Frank Lampard stepped in, and now it could well be Thiago Alcantara.

Every summer at Anfield, there is a transfer saga, and last summer’s edition will soon line up against the Reds, or at least it’s very likely to come off the bench.

Like this year, conversations in the summer of 2019 abounded that Divock Origi perhaps did not meet the required standard for Liverpool as its backup option for its first three stars.

Nicolas Pepe was considered the answer, as the ties persisted with the player then Lille, but Liverpool insisted that they would not approach him.

They certainly would not have paid £ 72m for the then-24-year-old Ivory Coast international, as Arsenal and Unai Emery did, with Lille apparently using the alleged ‘interest’ from Liverpool and others to successfully raise Pepe’s price. .

Many Reds fans were eager for Liverpool to regret the decision not to sign Pepe, or any other attacker; instead, Jurgen Klopp’s team won the Premier League title faster than any other team, with seven games to spare.

Speaking on the Behind Enemy Lines podcast, Arsenal fan and Blood Red regular Guy Clarke explained that Liverpool, as always with Michael Edwards at the helm, made the right decision.

He said: “I don’t think Liverpool are lost, but I don’t think Arsenal bought a failure. He has contributed 16 goals this season, eight goals and eight assists, and has shown glimpses of brilliance.”

“But he has also shown signs of not living up to what Mikel Arteta wants at Arsenal and perhaps even the intensity of the Premier League.”

“It has looked good in the Europa League for Arsenal and there have been flashes of brilliance. There are worrying signs, but at the same time, I think there is a player there, it is only if Arsenal can play to their strengths.”

“But I don’t think, and for a £ 72 million player, this is probably damning, that his quality requires Arsenal to have to change the way they play to serve him.”

“He needs to be on board with what Arsenal must do because they will be much stronger as collectives rather than depending on Pepe’s skill set.”

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Pepe has been adequate enough for Arsenal, and is probably still an Origi update. He could even score the winner against the Reds at Emirates Stadium.

But for Liverpool to choose to spend £ 72 million on any player would require a game changer. One thing that Pepe has certainly not been that far for Arsenal is transformative.

So as the clamor for signings continues, Liverpool receives a warning: expensive arrivals do not guarantee success.

But Edwards and FSG knew it anyway, hence their line has always been a quiet summer.

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