Ian Wright believes that Liverpool are coming to the end of a fine era and will struggle to compete with their rivals in the transfer market.
As we move closer to the end of a very difficult season for all clubs, the next question is what kind of business will they be able to do as financial budgets are extremely tight due to the global pandemic.
In his pre-match press conference ahead of the Man United game, Jurgen Klopp again suggested there will be limited transfer activity for the Reds and certainly no big money deals.
Instead he is focused on internal growth.
"I don’t see that (big money moves) happening a lot this summer because the football world is still not in the same place as it was before.
“Getting the [injured] players back makes us better already, definitely. That’s how it is. “These are our first transfers.
“We don’t know exactly when that will happen, but it will happen at one point, and all the rest we have to see."
“Not playing in the Champions League doesn’t help, obviously, but it’s not our biggest problem, because the market will be really strange
One player that Liverpool have been linked with over the past few months is Brighton midfielder Yves Bissouma as a replacement for Gini Wijnaldum who is likely to depart in the summer.
An added complication is the upcoming European Championships. The Reds will have players involved and Klopp will be holding his breath that all return unscathed as a serious injury to one of his international contingent could throw his plans into complete turmoil.
Virgil Van Dijk and Joe Gomez will not be involved but skipper Jordan Henderson still has a chance of making it. You can make the upcoming summer tournament a lot more fun by taking advantage of Euro 2021 betting offers.
While Liverpool have been a very attractive destination due to their outstanding success in recent years, Ian Wright believes that tide is turning with certain factors part of his view and feels the Mali international will be the perfect fit at a arch rival.
The Mirror ( via Ringer FC’s Wright’s House podcast) reported the former Arsenal and Crystal Palace star as saying:
“Bissouma’s making it clear now he wants to leave, "Bissouma at United… that fits. He’s very good.
"You look at Bissouma, and he’s looking at Liverpool, we know that Liverpool have had their problems this season and you’ve got to choose between Liverpool and United in the current climate.
I’m probably going to go with United. At the moment, yeah, because if we didn’t have the pandemic there’s certain things that’s going to happen where someone gets sold so they can finance [another signing].
Wright has some considerable doubts about the age of current Liverpool squad and a team like Man United could well pull away from them in the upcoming years.
“What is going on at Liverpool, is there’s a lot of players getting into that 30 age bracket – Van Dijk, Henderson, the three guys up front.
“You think to yourself, ‘yeah Liverpool are magnificent with what they’ve done these last couple of years’. But you look at United and what United are on the cusp of doing, it’s a much more attractive proposition right now, much more.”
And another factor into his thinking is the age old debate about funding from the owners for the manager.
“I’m not being disrespectful to Liverpool, but it seems to me at Liverpool… where’s the funding?
“Like when they did Coutinho to get everybody in, when they sold Suarez to get everybody in, where’s that funding coming from for Liverpool for them [potential signings] to say, ‘I can see what they are building’?
"You’ve got three unbelievable players who are getting to a stage of their career where they’re like, ‘can I go to Real Madrid’… no, it’s not looking as attractive, with all due respect to Liverpool."
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