So what’s going to happen with Liverpool then? Are they doing their usual having a season off after a heavy previous one to come back stronger next season? Or is this more of a permanent decline?
Selling Mane rather than Salah has ended up to be a complete disaster for them. Mane was a massive piece in the machinery that kept them pinning teams in with a high press, it looked like they were recruiting well bringing Jota and Diaz in as long term replacements for the front three, however injury has hampered the impact they should be having. Nunez hasn’t exactly set the world alight and it’s too early to judge Gapko.
I watched a bit of them on Sunday and their play looks laboured and lacks what they have done well over the last five years. They’ve stopped doing the punt out wide for their forward players to cut in on. Everything is sideways and backwards with no purpose.
They’ve let their squad get old at the same time and it takes a massive outlay and time to change it around again. They built a good side under Rodgers that went close and then had to spend a few seasons out of contention, are we going to see this again with Klopp, and will he stick around to manage a rebuild the way things are progressing for them?
