Your morning Liverpool digest on Thursday, June 15.
Liverpool transfer blow as £50m 'target' Jurgen Klopp loves set to sign for rivals Newcastle
Liverpool have made an exciting start to their summer recruitment drive, but there is also a growing sense of what might have been for Jurgen Klopp after the market formally reopened.
Despite shelving initial plans to target England sensation Jude Bellingham - due to the financial costs involved - the Reds have got the ball rolling as they aim to revamp their midfield blueprint. Argentina playmaker Alexis Mac Allister is through the door and it might only be a matter of time before the 24-year-old is followed up on.
His arrival for an undisclosed fee even preceded the Premier League window. However, as that particular milestone and countdown to next season passed, there was a quite notable development elsewhere.
After watching Bellingham complete his not-so-secret move to Real Madrid for an initial £88m plus add-ons, it was St. James' Park and Newcastle United who took centre stage on Wednesday afternoon when shock reports came to the fore. Nicolo Barella - a midfielder Klopp loves - is on his way to the north east in an eye-catching £50m deal.
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Jurgen Klopp has dropped hint over Liverpool set-up with Benjamin Pavard transfer stance
For the majority of Jurgen Klopp's Liverpool reign, the Reds have had a very distinguishable way of playing.
Traditionally lining up in a 4-3-3 formation, you can go through the set-up position by position and say with relative ease and confidence exactly what their role is. For example, both full-backs are encouraged to get forward at every opportunity, and have been the Reds' main creative outlet as they overlap a hard-working engine room behind their two inverted forwards.
Trent Alexander-Arnold and Andy Robertson's assist returns have been remarkable since that tactical plan was fully unleashed from the 2018/2019 season onwards. The England defender has set up 68 goals over the past five seasons, with the Scotland captain registering 58 assists over the same time period.
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