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What rebuild? Why Liverpool might struggle this season


The season has begun, and the matches are fast approaching. Liverpool's proven itself to be the best in terms of quality, aggression, precision finishing and above all that it can compete with Manchester City. organization.

Witnessing the Reds comeback wins against Newcastle United with a man down and their excellent display against Bournemouth is fair to say Liverpool will be closet rivals to Manchester City.

In some quotas it is true, but false in the calculation of risk. Is this season's Liverpool squad really deep enough to win a championship? They're not. No, they're not. 

If Mac Alister and Dominik Szoboszlai were to get hurt, which would rule them out for two or three months, the midfield could be revamped, but what happens? The Reds will lose the speed, aggression, confrontationality, creativity and goal threat they offer in an instant.

 No doubt, Gravabech and Endo can offer some respite in attack and defense, but they're not title winning players. On defense, there's not a sufficient replacement in the left back post for Liverpool. 

If Trent Alexander Arnold and Joe Gomez were to miss several months, it would pose an issue for the position of Right Back. It's going to expose Liverpool in a big way. In this context, Liverpool is only four players away from falling into the abyss.

Nobody wants that to see that happen but by judging the present squad it's safe to say the Reds might struggle this season if Jurgen Klopp and the recruitment team fail to sign more players in the January transfer window to offer them the needed buffer required to challenge Manchester City to the Premier League title and others.






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