Liverpool are in store for a very busy January when the transfer window re-opens
Four games into the new Premier League season and we’ve already hit the first international break of the campaign. Great.
Now the dust has settled on an up and down transfer window for Liverpool, the Reds will be quietly pleased with their summer business after Gravenberch helped complete an £150m midfield overhaul. And with the Saudi Arabian market closing on September 7, they have successfully seen off Middle Eastern efforts to lure away Mohamed Salah. For now.
It would have been a huge statement for Saudi Arabian football to have the game’s most high-profile Muslim player competing in that tournament on home soil, as they look to upset Man City and be crowned champions of the world. While the trophy is still in their sights, that Salah ship has sailed for this season.
Getting underway on January 13, the tournament runs until February 11 with it possible that Liverpool could be without the services of the forward for up to 10 games as a result. Japan have been drawn in Group D with Indonesia, Iraq, and Vietnam, with their final group-game set to take place on January 24. His absence would leave teenager Bajcetic as the only recognised holding midfielder available to Klopp, though Trent Alexander-Arnold, Alexis Mac Allister, Curtis Jones, or even Thiago could all temporarily fill such a void.
While a 2024 exit is by no means certain for the Egyptian, at the very least the club’s recruitment will be monitoring the players on their longlist of potential successors.Klopp admitted last May that he would have liked to sign a new centre-back this summer, only for Liverpool’s midfield revamp to end up taking priority. Consequently, the Reds were unable to add to their defensive ranks.
With the Reds in Europa League action this year, expect a number of youngsters to get game-time this season.
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