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After spending just eighteen months at Bayern Leverkusen, Xabi Alonso has shown beyond a shadow of a doubt that he is an excellent manager who can assemble a top-tier squad on a shoestring. Leverkusen are close to becoming the first team in Bundesliga history to win the title without losing a single match.  To put it plainly, Alonso had to develop a world class team capable of preventing Bayern Munich from setting a record with 13 straight league titles. Disrupting the balance has alerted Europe's biggest clubs like Liverpool and Bayern Munich who are now want him.  With Jurgen Klopp and Thomas Tuchel expected to leave Liverpool and Bayern Munich respectively, Xabi Alonso have now become the ideal manager to replace one of them.  Alonso will likely be leaving Bayern Munich and he carefully analyzed both clubs and decide for himself which of the two can really give the time, resources, club and fan support.  Here are the 3 reasons why he should choose Liverpool: ...

Finally, the real Darwin Nunez is standing up. He is smashing the screamers from distance, tight angles and nearly impossible shooting angles. Nunez is a man on fire, his confidence is so high that he tries audacious tricks and shooting drills to the amazement of the fans who all know soon one of those shots will rattle the net.  The penultimate clash between Liverpool and Manchester City will be decided by a small margin and the victor will likely end the season as Premier League Champions.  No disrespect to Arsenal and their determination to be champions but over the years, the Gunners have shown a high level of inconsistency for others to predict with ease that they will crumble when the intensity heightens.   Is good though that Arsenal are fighting hard to compete. This makes the Premier League much more interesting to watch. Manchester City, Liverpool and Arsenal are all vying to be champions and that's good for the English game.  While Arsenal hopefuls an...

For most players, Real Madrid and Barcelona are dream clubs to play for but they're also a lot of negatives that must be taken into account before making the move.  A typical example is Eden Hazard who is arguably the greatest player in Chelsea history and one of the best players in Premier League history. It was a very bad decision to switch from Chelsea to Real Madrid and the player has clearly admitted. Hazard retired at the age of 32.  Kylian Mbappe is without doubt a super player but, he needs to understand that Liverpool offers him a better chance to reach his full potential than Real Madrid and here are the reasons why: A. The Premier League is more competitive than La Liga and Liverpool is the best place for him - Apart from Barcelona, Real Madrid and Atletico Madrid, most people don't even bother watching other Spanish teams in the La Liga except their competing in the Champions League, Europa League or the Conference League. Kylian Mbappe needs to join Liverpool a te...

Another game, another frustrating afternoon for the Reds fans who watched in horror as Darwin Nunez kept shooting in anticipation of a goal only to miss and bolster the confidence of the opposition.  The striker attempted nine shoots on target without scoring- a record attempt in Premier League history. and 3 close call shoots that left Klopp venting with his staffs.  No doubt, Nunez is very talented striker and has proven it this season by scoring two exceptional goals against Newcastle United and then one of the best goals of the season against Bournemouth in the Carabao Cup. But Liverpool needs more than that to stop Manchester City from winning the Premier League title for a 4th consecutive season. They honestly need an instinctive goal poacher whose positioning is second to none and bullish in front of goal.  A player like Erling Haaland is rare but Liverpool due have a unique goal scorer in Cody Gakpo. He is capable of helping Liverpool mount a serious title challen...

 Another game, another goal, Mo Salah is becoming the best Liverpool Striker of all time. There is a strong chance that Salah will become Liverpool's highest goal scorer after having scored 201 goals in four seasons at the club.  It will be a great achievement to achieve that destiny, but it might damage the team's overall goal in terms of actualizing this dream. Salah still remains Liverpool's major source of goals and without him, the club won't be contemplating finishing in the top 4 talk more of winning a trophy.  Over relying on a single player always comes at a cost. Although, Liverpool is no strange to this sort of situations. In the past they've relied heavily on Michael Owen, Sami Hyppia, Steve McManaman, Steven Gerrard, Xavi Alonso, Javier Mascherano, Fernando Torres, Luis Suarez and the most recently Phillipe Coutinho.  Apart from Coutinho, the departure of some of the aforementioned players massively affected the progressive of the team.  But wi...

The evenly contested match between Scotland and Spain seems to have created a big problem for Liverpool football club whose fans and manager watched as Andrew Robertson trudge out of the pitch with his arm cradle in shirt after a horrific challenge with Spain goalkeeper Unai Simon.  The marauding left back has dislocated his shoulder and is now set be sidelined for two months. His absence will be certainly felt by Jurgen Klopp and his coaching staff who rate him highly. Why?  Robertson is the Premier League's most creative fullback (with 54 assists- a Premier League record).  Trent Alexander Arnold might edge him with freekicks, long diagonal passes and long-distance shoots on goals but defensively, Robertson is far superior. With Robertson expected to be ruled out for two months, Liverpool must now depend on Kostas Tsimikas to fill the void.  The self-proclaimed 'Greek Scouser', does possess the prerequisite skillsets to rival any left back in the world but his majo...

Over the years, Manchester City have proved themselves to be among the most successful teams in Premier League history. The club is coached by one of the best coaches in history in Pep Guardiola whose charisma, style of play and innovative approach is unmatched by any manager.  No doubt, Pep Guardiola is a serial winner with impeccable record, but it seems this season will be different. The revival of both Tottenham Hotspur and Liverpool have caught everyone by surprise especially Guardiola.  He is fully aware that both teams are yet to lose a game this season and are fast proving that they've what it takes to break into the top 4.  Liverpool meanwhile should be biggest concern for Guardiola knowing they stopped him once and came close to stopping him twice.  To further strengthen their course to be Premier League and domestic cup champions, Liverpool have developed a new habit of conceding the first goal only to comeback in emphatic style and win.  Secondly, th...

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 defen...

The injuries, fatigue, tiredness, the lack of financial backing from management, loss of form suffered by players and so on. To justify Liverpool's current failure and the manager's inability to get the best out of the player, you could pick up a lot of excuses.  Jurgen Klopp's fisting pumping parade has ended, now he begs for mercy over his team's catastrophic display which sadly has become a norm this season. How did it change, you can ask?  Well, Sadio Mane has left. Most of Liverpool's games have been architected by a Senegalese. His aggressive press, fantastic dribbling skills, vision to pick out Mohamed Salah in good position and off course, his goal has alluded Liverpool this season.  Without him drifting in and out of the left flank and most times centrally, it has subdued Andrew Robertson from going forward and putting in those crosses. Jurgen Klopp bears much of the blame for Mane's unfortunate departure. Shamefully, the manager fought hard to improve ...