There have been big changes since the summer for Liverpool fans. Jurgen Klopp has done a great job getting the team ready for a title fight after a terrible 2022–23 season. Things are still going well at the halfway point of the season.
Anfield has a lot to be happy about right now: they are in first place in the Premier League, won their Europa League group, and are now looking forward to their two-legged semi-final match against Fulham in the Carabao Cup. They need to use their current success to make sure that they don’t make the same mistakes again.
Even though the Reds replaced tired legs in the midfield last summer, it would be a weak case to sаy that change wasn’t… overdue. Thiago Alcantara, who is prone to injuries, is the only senior player the Reds have brought into the engine room since 2018.
You could also sаy the same thing about the defense, since Ibrahima Konate is the last stable addition since Virgil van Dijk’s game-changing signing six years ago.
In the last few years, some exciting new players have been added to the striking ranks, but since the amazing Mohamed Salah’s contract ends in 2025 and the rich Saudi Pro League is chasing him hard, plans must be made, even if it’s not fun.
Kylian Mbappe is on the move to Liverpool.
There are still rumors that Liverpool wants to sign Kylian Mbappe, a forward for Paris Saint-Germain. This may seem like a crаzy idea.
According to Le Parisien, the people in charge at Anfield are “monitoring” the 25-year-old’s situation in the French city. His contract is up at the end of the season, so they have to be careful.
There has been a lot of talk about Mbappe’s future with PSG for a long time. Real Madrid is still the favorite to sign the 2018 World Cup winner, but the Premier League is still appealing, and Liverpool is in a good situation to move forward with negotiations if they want to.
The France international is one of the most dangerous players in the world and is worth £113 million, according to Football Transfers. However, it would be very expensive for Liverpool to sign him, even though they are still interested.
The amazing number of goals scored by Kylian Mbappe
He was great from the start. As a teenager, Mbappe explоded onto the scene with AS Monaco, helping them win Ligue 1 and make an impressive, well-known run to the Champions League semi-finals, where they scored in both games against Manchester City.
But this was just the start. The 75-times-capped leader of Les Bleus would move to PSG on loan for the first season in 2017 and then permanently for £166 million the next year.
What happened after that was nothing short of amazing. It’s hard to believe that Mbappe still has so much more to offer. Leaving his home country was seen as a good move for the player.
Real Madrid manager Carlo Ancelotti called Mbappe “the best player in European football” after he scored 233 goals and set up 100 others in 282 games for the Ligue 1 winners.
According to FBref, Mbappe has scored more goals than the top 3% of forwards in Europe’s top five leagues over the past year. He is also in the top 2% for actions that create shots, the top 1% for progressive carries and touches in the attacking box, the top 5% for progressive passes, and the top 4% for successful take-ons per 90.
On his best days, Mbappe is unstoppable, and he has a lot of skills that make him the biggest threаt on the field almost every time he plays. But the Champions League is still missing from his trophy cabinet, so a move away from Paris might be a good idea to solidify his status as one of the greats.
Some people think Mbappe could replace Salah if the Egyptian player leaves Liverpool this year. However, this isn’t quite true; the Frenchman does better down the left channel, where he can cut inside and cause havoc, but he can also play well as a center forward.
After thinking about this, a move could be bad for Darwin Nunez because Mbappe’s many skills might make his best qualities stand out less.
This is bad news for Darwin Nunez
Nunez set a club record when he joined Liverpool from Benfica for a fee that would rise to £85 million in June 2022. He had a 34-goal season with the Eagles and scored in both of their quarterfinal matches against Klopp’s team in the Champions League.
While the Uruguayan is quick and аggressive in аttаck, and always a problem for the other team, he hasn’t been very good at finishing, and 23 goals in 70 games for Liverpool is just not good enough.
However, getting goals is only one part of this explosive star’s complex game. While goals are what people talk about when they talk about elite strikers, Theo Squires, a journalist, has called him an “agent of chaos,” and he has eight goals and eight assists across all competitions this season.
The £140,000-a-week star is in the top 4% of forwards for assists, the top 1% for touches in the attacking penalty area, and the top 11% for shot-creating actions and progressive carries per 90. He is creative and good at creating chances for himself and his teammates, but he needs to improve his accuracy to really be among Europe’s best.
Mbappe, on the other hand, offers all of this at a higher level. Signing the PSG superstar wouldn’t exactly hurt Nunez’s chances of success at Anfield, but it would make his lack of cutting edge much more obvious on the Liverpool arrowhead.
It might be too blunt to sаy that Nunez, who is still very popular at Anfield, would fall in the rankings if Mbappe joined the club. In fact, the £1.19bn-per-week superstar has skills that could help the 24-year-old reach new heights.
However, since both players are center forwards who can also play well on the left side, it could slow him down and keep him from hitting the peak that Klopp says is possible.
There are a lot of things to think about, but if getting Mbappe was approved, Klopp and his trade team would probably be very interested.
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