The prestigious portal The Athletic has lined up all 43 players that Liverpool manager Jürgen Klopp has brought to the club since the autumn of 2015, that is, during 16 transfer windows. Of course, Ragnar Klavan also found a place in the rankings, having moved from Augsburg in Germany to Liverpool for £4.2 million in the summer of 2016 and wore the shirt for two years.
According to The Athletic journalists he placed last, or 43rd, with an unlucky fate Loris Karius. The German goalkeeper had a chance to win the Champions League with the club in 2018, but instead made two errors in the final against Real Madrid and went down in history as a scapegoat after a 1-3 defeat. True, in retrospect, it was concluded that a few minutes before the first mistake, Karius was hit on the head and then continued to play with an undiagnosed concussion, which could have sufficiently affected his performance. However, thereafter, Karius failed to gain a foothold, although he played for Besiktas, Berlin Union and his current employer, Newcastle.
In the list Karius is preceded by those hired as emergency solutions due to the defensive crisis Ben Davis AND Ozan Kabakbut also Arthur, another substitute defender, who only played 13 minutes in the red shirt Steven Caulkerthe only reserve goalkeepers who missed the match Alex Manninger AND Andy Lonerganbut it shone for a moment Marko Grujic and I’m still looking for a breakthrough Sepp van den Berg.
However, on the 34th row of the table, you will find a man who is currently in second place in the Premier League scoring charts with Mohamed Salah with 12 goals, two goals behind only Erling Haaland. Ready for Bournemouth Domenico Solanke arrived from Chelsea in 2017 but failed to establish himself in the fierce competition and was sold to Bournemouth two years later.
10 – Dominic Solanke-Nottingham Forest is only the tenth time in Premier League history that a player has achieved a hat-trick with a 90th-minute winner, and the first time since Diogo Jota for Wolves-Leicester in January 2019. Magic. pic.twitter.com/UhkkITFxcS
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Many defenders can fit in front of Solanke again. Nathaniel Phillips, Fabio Carvalho AND Calvin Ramsay they are all still part of the Liverpool roster, although they are on loan at Celtic, Leipzig and Preston respectively. For various reasons, none of them made a decisive breakthrough. There is another reserve goalkeeper at number 30 Adrianwho shone with a crucial save in the penalty shoot-out of the 2019 UEFA Super Cup final. However, he has not played a single match for Liverpool in the Premier League since September 2021.
Three talented youngsters made the list ahead of Adrian, a 19-year-old who had been struggling with a serious injury for some time Gordon pedestal and talents a year younger than him Bobby Clark AND Well Free, whose final opening is still awaited. It’s mostly the same 19-year-old Stefan Bajceticio, who was already on the verge of a big breakthrough last season, but then got injured.
And in 25th place is the second Estonian to reach the Premier League and, on January 1, 2018, the first from Maaarja to score there Ragnar Klavani, of which The Athletic writes: “As the originator of the strange but memorable move known as the ‘Klavan turn’, the Estonian defender was not as solid as Klopp’s later arrivals, but he helped lay the foundations for subsequent success. His career took a particular turn when he took part in the Estonian version of “Dancing with the Stars” and then represented his country at the Eurovision Song Contest as a voice announcer.”
According to the portal, they are in front of Klavan Kostas Tsimikaswho has done well in recent years both as a reserve full-back and as a striker who has done well but left the club in search of space to play Takumi Minamino. Just outside the top twenty, he arrived at Liverpool with high hopes and did well when healthy but was constantly plagued by injuries Naby Keita and he also had to pay a heavy price for trauma Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain.
Those who arrived at Liverpool at the start of this season have made it into the top 20 Wataru Endo AND Ryan Gravenberch, whose overall contribution is still difficult to assess. You could definitely rank higher than 18th in terms of ability Thiago Alcantara, who, unfortunately, last visited the camp in April this year. The Spaniard is surpassed by a cult hero Xherdan Shaqiri and this season, a star of the future that will force you to consider yourself more and more Harvey Elliotthe too is still searching for himself, but undeniably talented Cody Gakpo.
The attackers are knocking on the door of the top ten Darwin Nunez AND Luis Diaz, whose biggest problem so far is the very high bar set by the Salah-Mane-Firmino trio. Even more strictly, the world champion who arrived this summer was excluded from the ten Alexis MacAllister and the attacker Diogo Jotawho shines for reliability, but has not (yet) become a superstar – perhaps the same goes for him as for Nunez and Diaz.
Another addition this summer made the top ten Dominik Szoboszlaithe ninth is a central defender Ibrahima Konate and the eighth left for Saudi Arabia in the summer Fabinho. The midfielder was rated seventh Georginio Wijnaldumof which Liverpool have struggled to fill the void that remained for a while, while the sixth, like Klavan, is Joel Matip, a central defender who arrived from Germany in the summer of 2016.
Among the top five is the Scot, brought six years ago from Hull City for just 8 million pounds, but has become the pillar of the team Andy Robertson. In fourth place is the attacker Sadio Manewho contributed to Liverpool’s success with 120 goals in six seasons and, in retrospect, proved to be Klopp’s first highly successful signing.
But Klopp’s three best signings are men who have all remained at the club and without whom the Liverpool of recent years could not be imagined. Brazilian Alisson Becker he was bought by Roma in 2018 for £56 million, making him the most expensive goalkeeper in the world at the time. Now The Athletic calls him “perhaps the best goalkeeper to ever play for Liverpool”.
Fewest goals conceded in the Premier League this season per 90
🥇Liverpool – 0.84
🥈Arsenal – 0.89
🥉Manchester City – 1.17With Van Dijk back to his best and Alisson doing what he does every week… anything is possible. 🇳🇱🔴 #LFC pic.twitter.com/YHGQ9ISrfP
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One row above the Brazilian, i.e. in second place, he was also purchased by Southampton in 2018 Virgil van Dijk. The £75m paid for the Dutchman has more than paid off as van Dijk, who held the unofficial title of the world’s best centre-back for a while, has managed to return to fitness after a knee injury in 2020 Replacing a captain will be one of Liverpool’s most difficult tasks in the future, but at the moment it doesn’t look like that day will come any time soon.
However, according to The Athletic, there is no doubt about Klopp’s best signing of all time. Of course, he deserves the honor Mohamed Salah, who arrived from Roma in the summer of 2017 for a relatively modest fee of £34 million. “Scorer of wonderful goals, important goals and much more, it has been extremely exciting to watch him during his time at Anfield. Along with his excellent dribbling ability and tireless ability to finish attacks, Salah’s resilience is also remarkable: how many players can play so many matches and without serious injuries?” asks Atletico.
The Egyptian has only missed ten league games in the previous six seasons, so it’s no wonder he has just passed the 200-win mark in all competitions. “I think he will score another hundred,” Klopp said recently. The Athletic agrees: “Salah is more than numbers. He is the epitome of modern Liverpool, a man who has taken the club to heights unattainable for decades and who could one day go down in history as Liverpool’s greatest player. always from Liverpool.”
121 – Mohamed Salah was directly involved in 121 goals in 120 Premier League appearances for Liverpool at Anfield (88 goals, 33 assists), more than any other player at the club.
121 – Mohamed Salah
120-Steven Gerrard
100-Robbie FowlerIcon. pic.twitter.com/5RnOk0ssUl
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