It’s been a rollercoaster ride in the life of aLiverpoolsupporter over the last few days asThe Redswent from a lengthy Romeo Lavia pursuit, a big money hijack attempt to sign Moises Caicedo and a Ԁιȿɑρρօιɴτιɴɢ 1-1 draw at Stamford Bridge to licking their wounds to being left empty-handed in the defensive midfielder pursuit and wondering where to turn next.
Whilst various names have been linked over the summer and could well be explored once again, none of the candidates are iԀєɑł for Jurgen Klopp’s side for one ɾєɑȿօɴ or another, a reality now facing the Anfield recruitment team.
Dan spoke to ChiefLFCwriter for theLiverpoolEcho, Ian Doyle to get his take onwhat happens nextforThe Redsthis summer…
Ian said:”They might just have to change their approach for this particular time. Because you can’t just keep on buying players who are dead young forever.
“Liverpool did that and then all the players got old together at the same time. Everybody last season quite rightly said the team was too old. They got rid of the old ones and suddenly the team is really young and everyone is going ‘We’ve got too many young players’.
“They need to get that balance – in the midfield, I’m referring to.Liverpoolcan’t go wasting any time chasing players who aren’t going to go for them.
“The state of play is everybody knowsLiverpoolneed a defensive midfielder, Klopp said it,Liverpoolclearly admitted that by making these massive bids for these players. Everybody knows they’ve got the money to buy them so now the question is ‘What are you going to do?’
“It’s not on Klopp, it’s not on the owners. it’s on the recruitment team. They have to be able to go to Klopp and say ‘We can get you this player, this player or this player’ and he says ‘Okay, get that one.’
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Spot on from Ian, unfortunately with time fast running out and the Premier League already underway, the time for stalling, lengthy negotiations and waiting for the opportune moment has been and gone.
As such, those targets who for whatever ɾєɑȿօɴ have fallen by the wayside are now back in the equation forThe Redsand any doubts over fees, injuries or age have to be parked for the time being in order to ensureLiverpoolaren’t short of specialists for specialist roles beyond the September 1st transfer deadline.