KAGAWA CONVINCED ME TO JOIN LIVERPOOL
Liverpool winter signing Takumi Minamino has identified the influence of former Manchester United midfielder Shinji Kagawa in his decision to make the move to Liverpool. Minamino joined Liverpool from Salzburg in January for £7 million after a series of impressive displays with the Austrian club.
Minamino, 25, spent four years with RB Salzburg before joining the Reds in January. He is still in the process of adaptation to his new club and he has made four appearances for the Reds so far.
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Speaking on ESPN FC, Nicol stressed that the Red Devils have just one recognised centre-forward in the form of Marcus Rashford, who suits the manager’s attacking style of play. However, he added that a change in the system may be necessary on occasions and they may need someone of Llorente’s calibre.
The Reds are set to lose another talented youngster as Dutch prodigy Bobby Adekanye has revealed that he is leaving the club in the summer. The Nigerian born winger is set to leave the club as a free agent after refusing a new three-year deal offered by the Anfield outfit.
He believes that Jurgen Klopp has made a great job with the team and that the players have successfully adapted to the way he wants them to play. He said that he has also made some good signings that have allowed Liverpool to become strong in some areas where they were previously weak.
There were a couple of occasions in the game when eyebrows were raised at the referee’s call. First when he didn’t award the Reds a penalty towards the end of the first half when a foul was made by PSG in Liverpool’s box and then on another occasion, Marco Verratti was not shown the red card when a lot of people thought that his challenge was worthy of a red card and not a yellow which the referee showed. These two decisions, if they had gone Liverpool’s way, might have changed the entire complexion of the game, but it wasn’t the case to be.
Virgil Dijk post starting his career with Groningen shifted to Celtic in the year 2013. There he achieved the Scottish Premiership and was also nominated in PFA Scotland Team of the Year in al two seasons. He also won the Scottish League Cup. Dijk became a part of Southampton in the year 2015. Liverpool decided to choose him as a part of the club in 2018 for £75 million. This was indeed a world record free of transfer for a defender.
Xherdan Shaqiri, Fabinho, Alisson and even Naby Keita have all been arriving for around Euro 170m. Jurgen Klopp has thereby made Premier League his priority during this season and will also aim to wrestle control from Manchester City. Pep Guardiola’s men had walked the league in the last season. Considering the windows are set to slam shut next week, German manager is not yet done for deals during this summer. Nabil Fekir was all set to be becoming the club’s next purchase but due to problems in the medical the transfer had to fell through.
