Graeme Souness has discussed Liverpool's midfield rebuild and whether the squad is good enough to win the Premier League.
Graeme Souness has stated that Liverpool would send out a strong message to the rest of the Premier League should they prevent Manchester City from winning a fourth consecutive title.
Two upcoming tests away to Tottenham and Brighton should prove to be good a benchmark to assess Liverpool's title credentials, and if they go all the way Souness believes it would show top-flight clubs the title can be won without challenging City's financial might. "Jurgen won’t be happy that his team have conceded first in five of their eight games this season, though they have come back to win or draw, in a way that they often didn’t last season," Souness discussed in his latest column for the Daily Mail.
This summer Anfield chiefs brought in four new midfielders for £146m and permanently moved on six players, recouping fees totalling £52m. The wage bill was considerably lowered as a result with the players leaving - such as Jordan Henderson, Fabinho, Roberto Firmino and Naby Keita - some of the previous highest earners.
"None of that triumvirate I have named would be classed as technicians. But they had the fundamental thing which is often overlooked. A work ethic. They just gave 100% every time they crossed that white line. When lesser teams want to go from being a workaday side to one with a bit more flair, they generally sacrifice that work ethic for the additional bit of je ne sais quoi – and in the vast majority of cases they start to fail.
"They’ve got so much adventure – what the Italians like to call ‘fantasia’ – with a midfield who are not happy about passing the ball back and sideways and want to pass it forward at every opportunity."
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