Liverpool need a DM and 2 wingers with buckets of speed and durability. The biggest issue with not everyone is talking about right now is we have a non existent press. Teams play through it at ease and the rest of the team becomes completely exposed as a result of it. Ekitike has shown us he has an abundance of talent but he is a complete liability when it comes to pressing. He does everything without the ball so half hearted. Everything always looks way worse than it is when the press is non existent.
That said, MacAllister’s legs are almost fully gone which is mental for someone still quite young. Gravenberch is a bit soft but he can still become a big player a CM rather than DM. He doesn’t have the discipline or defensive know-how to be a DM across the rest of his career.
Van Dijk’s legs are waning too but he’s also being tasked with having to do so much more than he used to under Klopp, whose side has a super effective press. He isn’t the player he was but that was such a high level that he can still be massively useful even dropping his levels a bit. But he will need to be replaced in the next two years for certain.
We are brutal at the moment but a manager getting the most out of the players would be a start. A few additions with speed/legs would improve the lot more than people think.
