Lord of Greenery

Chapter 501 Lineup Analysis
Li Ze transferred to Liverpool, and the direct transfer fee alone was probably more than [-] million euros.

This number has not been announced to the public, but it will certainly not be less than this number.

If it was before, to be precise, before Neymar and Mbappe sold for sky-high prices, the transfer fee of [-] million euros was already the highest value in football.

But now, Paris and Neymar have raised the bar so much that it has more than doubled.

If Li Ze hadn't injured his leg and left Inter Milan normally, even if he had passed [-], he wouldn't be able to take him away without [-] million euros.

However, even the current price is high enough for Liverpool.

Boss Henry really felt that his body was hollowed out, and he had no idea of ​​signing for the time being.

The arrival of Li Ze has given many fans confidence and desire to watch the game, but some fans think that this transfer is a bit inappropriate.

The current Liverpool offensive problem is not very big. Without Coutinho, Liverpool has cultivated Salah and Mane, plus the green leaf style Firmino. tough.

Liverpool's real weakness is defense. In the positions of central defender and goalkeeper, Liverpool's starting lineup is not strong.

In terms of the goalkeeper position, Klopp has been vacillating between Mignolet and Karius this season.

These two players have their own advantages and disadvantages, but the overall strength of the two is not much different, and neither of them can satisfy Klopp.

In the current battle for the starting position, Karius has a slight upper hand.

Mignolet has played for Liverpool for several seasons, and he has proved that he is not a first-line goalkeeper with his stable performance.

On the other hand, Karius is 5 years younger than Mignolet in age, and he is less than 30 years old. He is still a young man in the goalkeeper position.

When the performance of the two is similar, Klopp will naturally choose younger players. Youth means potential. Maybe Karius will suddenly become enlightened?
The biggest problem for Liverpool is undoubtedly the problem of the central defender.

Veteran central defenders include Lovren and Klavan. Lovren's level of strength can be seen from his nickname, "Leofren". This man has a lot of problems in marking and predicting the situation. .

In many cases, he was a step slower than the opponent's forward, resulting in his own defense not being in place.

Another funny question is that he likes to ride a bicycle, and sometimes he rides a bicycle in his own half.

Despite this shortcoming, he is still the player with the most starts in Liverpool's central defender position this season.

Such serious shortcomings are there, and he can still become Liverpool's starter, which shows his ability.

To be precise, he is a time bomb, but when it does not explode, it can still be used for the time being.

Klavan is also a central defender and has played much fewer games than Lovren.

It was Matip who defeated Klavan and became Liverpool's starting central defender. After he came to Liverpool on a free transfer from Shaker 04, he became the thigh of Liverpool's defense.

Even in the original trajectory, in some important games, such as the Champions League semi-finals or even the finals, his performance was even better than Van Dijk.

He is not without problems, such as the slow turning caused by his 195cm body, which makes him generally not make mistakes, and once he makes a mistake, it is a big mistake.

After Klopp came to Liverpool, what I have to say is his ability to train young players.

In the central defender position, there is also such a young man trained by Klopp named Gomez.

This young player is only 20 years old now, but he is growing up very fast.

Like Matip, he has serious injury problems.

On the future trajectory, he has performed very well, and once had the wonderful metaphysical blessing of "just playing to zero opponents".

It looks like this lineup is good, but there are actually big problems.

Lovren's problems have been completely exposed. He has played so many times that no one in Liverpool can use him.

Both Matip and Gomez have a lot of injury problems. If they want to play, it depends on whether God will give them face.

More importantly, none of them are good enough defensive leaders, such as Carragher, such as Van Dijk who joined Liverpool this winter on the original track.

In the full-back position, Liverpool don't have to worry too much.

Robertson, who can't run to death, and Arnold, who has an extremely high level of passing from the side, are now showing their true colors.

In the future, they will each be called the number one in the world in their positions.

Liverpool's biggest problem is in the middle.

In fact, Liverpool now has a lot of players in the middle, such as Wijnaldum, Milner, Chamberlain, Henderson, Emre Can and Lallana.

Lallana was Liverpool's thigh in the first one or two seasons, but now his level has dropped a lot.

Wijnaldum played as well as Cruyff in the Dutch national team, and his performance in Liverpool was not so good.

Both Milner and Henderson are the kind of charismatic, strong runners, because Henderson is the captain, and the former captain is the legendary Gerrard, the two people have completely different opinions among the fans.

Chamberlain has not been seriously injured at this time, and Emre Can has not yet transferred freely this season.

It can be said that there are many players that Liverpool can use in the midfield, most of them are star-level.

The problem is also here, none of these Liverpool midfielders are superstars.

Wijnaldum has performed as a superstar in the national team, and Lallana and Milner have also performed as superstars at a younger age, but now, Liverpool's midfield does not have superstar players.

They are all good assistants, but they can only be assistants.

None of these players were creative enough, or talented enough.

Without Kanter's extraordinary sweeping ability, nor De Bruyne's overflowing spirituality, they are the backbone of the team, but they are destined not to be leaders.

These players are not bad, they are the kind of players who are sure to find a home if they are sold, and many giants want them.

But they alone cannot compete for the league championship.

Compared with the midfield of the championship team, the Liverpool midfield lacking superstars may only be at a disadvantage.

Tottenham's Eriksson and Ali, Manchester United's Pogba and Matic (only this season), Manchester City's De Bruyne and Silva, Chelsea's Kanter, these players are far behind.

Therefore, in the original trajectory, Coutinho's departure made Klopp very angry.

The upper limit of this player is very high and the lower limit is very low. Klopp asked several blue-collar stars to assist him, allowing him to play the performance of the world's top midfielder, but he left and let Klopp rebuild the midfield attack Collapse directly.

In the future, Klopp can only choose to let the ball pass through the midfield quickly, putting more pressure on the wing.

Robertson and Arnold's performances were so eye-catching, and even Mane's outbreak was not unrelated to Coutinho's departure.

But this is not to say that Liverpool is stronger without Coutinho.

If Coutinho can be calmly integrated into Liverpool's lineup, Liverpool will definitely be stronger.

It's just that it's too late, Liverpool will not accept traitors, just like Liverpool once spurned Irving, Gerrard's intercession is useless.

And Li Ze in Liverpool, what he wants to play is the midfielder and become the leader of Liverpool's midfielder!

(End of this chapter)