Playing for the Premier League champions isn’t at the top of most players’ wishlists for one very specific reason.
Many players would prefer to not join Liverpool in January due to fears they’ll be benched once the club’s injured stars return, says the renowned transfer expert Fabrizio Romano.
Injury issues, especially in defense, have left the Reds vulnerable. They’re winless in their last three league games, allowing Manchester United to move level on 33 points with them at the top of the Premier League table. Therefore, Jurgen Klopp is expected to bring in reinforcements over the winter transfer window.
But Romano, who has gathered legions of followers through his reliable reporting on transfers, has pointed out one major obstacle hindering Klopp at the moment.
“A lot of players now don’t want to join Liverpool [and just] play 5, 6, 7 matches, [before] the big ones are coming back from their injuries and then [the new signings] are on the bench for one season or more,” said Romano on his ‘Here We Go’ podcast.
“So, at the moment, Liverpool are still with the same idea: ‘We can stay with this team. If we have an opportunity, OK. If we don’t, we stay with this one’.”
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