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Liverpool have signed another ‘transformative’ player in Thiago Alcántara, according to a Spanish soccer expert who has seen the 29-year-old during his time with Barcelona, Bayern Munich and the national team.
Thiago completed a £ 27 million trade from the Bundesliga giants, after winning the treble with them last season, played a pivotal role in the final leg of the Champions League and made an impressive Liverpool debut in victory. 2-0 against Chelsea.
Domagoj Kostanjšak told Blood Red in a special Thiago Alcantara podcast: “Liverpool fans should be so excited! There are not many players who can do what Thiago Alcantara does at such a high level.
“It is difficult to say which formation suits them best, but we have seen Bayern play 4-2-3-1 and there Thiago works very well in a double pivot.
“But if Klopp wants to keep playing 4-3-3, I can see Thiago playing number eight, so a little higher up the field.
“Number 10, and not just Takumi Minamino, will benefit greatly from Thiago because Thiago is the type of player who connects third parties and attackers.
“Mohamed Salah and Sadio Mane can run into that space and they’ll have an elite passer behind them, they’ll just love having Thiago.
“He’s a really well-rounded midfielder and he has multiple roles in one – he can do whatever it takes for him to do.
“And he will bring something that Liverpool do not have with a creative contribution, offense and defense all rolled into one; it is definitely a new dimension for the whole team and he will transform the system.”
Listen to the complete podcast of Thiago Alcantara by clicking HERE
Thiago is perhaps the highest-profile addition Liverpool have made in the Premier League era, entering the club with a great track record of having played for two of the world’s biggest clubs before coming to Anfield.
He joins Philippe Coutinho as one of only three players to have represented Bayern, Barça and Liverpool, with the other goalkeeper Pepe Reina.
Kostanjšak added: “He’s not really like Coutinho, but they are both playmakers in a sense. But Coutinho is more advanced and more of a number 10.
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“Thiago is deeper and will take the ball from the defenders and move the ball forward. He is a more complete midfielder than Coutinho – Coutinho has an attacking mentality in a way.
“Think of deep playmakers: Xabi Alonso is a [comparison] and there are some players who fit the mold.
“Marco Veratti is another who is perhaps the closest to Thiago because they are both really mobile and can be used both in attack and defense. There is a bit of Luka Modric there too and further back, even Andrea Pirlo maybe!”
Whatever system Klopp deploys Thiago in, the excitement of Reds fans for the transfer is understandable.
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