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The day has come when you usually bring yellow ties and interviews on your car windows. Transfer deadline. It has been an occasion that, in recent times, has served as mere background noise for Liverpool.
This time, however, Jürgen Klopp could be ready for a much busier day at Melwood as he looks to put the finishing touches on his team for a long and grueling campaign ahead. Three new faces have already arrived with Thiago Alcântara, Kostas Tsimikas and Diogo Jota, but they could be outings where we see more movement.
Liverpool could do with shedding a slew of players from their squad before the 11pm deadline, but which ones are the most urgent to let go? Our writers take a look at who they think the Reds should be looking to get out of their books today …
Mark Wakefield
Adrián San Miguel is the obvious contender for obvious reasons. There has been growing concern over Liverpool’s substitute goalkeeper for some time, and it was compounded by Sunday’s humiliation at Villa Park. Some of the criticism of the 33-year-old has been somewhat unfair, let’s not forget that he was between the sticks at the start of last season and held a 100 percent record, while Alisson Becker suffered a long-term injury. However, as success has continued to come to Anfield, the bar for quality has risen considerably and there are arguments for patience. He has the feeling that, at times, some players have lost faith in the Spaniard, but we have not seen any signs of that in Klopp yet.
Young stopper Caoimhín Kelleher probably isn’t ready for first-team action, and with Alisson injured for a while, it looks like Adrian is ready for a run on the flank. But after the defeat to Villa, with potentially damaging psychological effects, Liverpool cannot afford to have a goalkeeper in whom no player has faith. If a quick replacement can be found on the transfer market before the deadline, then there must be a conversation about whether to let Adrian go. Klopp and Liverpool know that there is a chance once again to win the league title, but they will need to act quickly to avoid losing ground in the race early in the season.
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Dan Morgan |
If Divock Origi doesn’t enter the field last night, when will he? Liverpool needed breadth, athleticism and a player who could stop Aston Villa. Takumi Minamino worked hard, Diogo Jota tried, Origi sat on his hands. If there is no place for him in this team, for me the club should seriously consider any offer that may come today.
The others, obviously, should leave the club in any form, loan or transfer. I am referring to Marko Grujic, Harry Wilson and Xherdan Shaqiri. I’m not giving Adrian’s duty because I just don’t think it will happen, and I don’t think there is a good enough interim agreement to be made. I would also like Sepp van den Berg to get a loan, if possible.
Joel rabinowitz
I constantly feel in conflict with Origi. I fully understand Dan’s point about the lack of opportunities, and when you consider that Klopp only seems to play him from the left side, it is very difficult to see where he gets on the field now, given that Diogo Jota and Takumi Minamino are clearly fourth and fifth option attacking alternatives. However, selling him doesn’t make Liverpool stronger, given that there will almost certainly be no direct replacement, so I wouldn’t be opposed to having him a bit longer. We know what you can do, even if it is often very frustrating to watch (to the point where you put the ball deep in the net). But if an offer of more than £ 20 million suddenly came along, it would be hard to argue against it.
Harry Wilson and Marko Grujic need to leave, simply because they deserve to play first-team football regularly and they won’t come close to that in Liverpool. Ideally, Liverpool would deposit somewhere in the region of £ 30-40 million for the pair, but it could well be a case of lending them if the right offers don’t come through. That’s not ideal for them, obviously, but it’s better than circling Liverpool’s reserves, not even the bank for the next several months until the January window opens.
Yasser Larouci is another I would hope to leave permanently or on loan, and I think Sepp van den Berg would definitely benefit from a loan. He seems to have lagged behind Rhys Williams and Billy Koumetio in the pecking order of the youngest center-backs in the club at the moment, and could do well to prove himself in competitive games at the senior level.
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