With three weeks to go until the summer transfer window closes, Liverpool fans’ thirst for a new midfielder has shown no sign of being quenched. The Reds may have lost Thiago Alcantara, Curtis Jones and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain to injury, but the club’s stance seemingly remains to hold off strengthening their engineroom until 2023.
While Jurgen Klopp should be able to welcome Naby Keita back from illness against Crystal Palace on Monday, Liverpool’s ever-growing injury list has not helped convince supporters of the German’s belief that he already possesses enough midfield options. After all, the signing of Fabio Carvalho from Fulham took his quota to nine senior players, even if three of them are currently sidelined.
The Reds’ decision to wait until next year has increased speculation that they want to sign Jude Bellingham from Borussia Dortmund, with the Bundesliga outfit having no intention of letting the England international leave until after the 2022 World Cup. But with the injury records of a number of their midfielders, James Milner, Oxlade-Chamberlain and Keita currently out of contract next year, and Jordan Henderson and Thiago Alcantara joining Liverpool vice-captain Milner on comfortably the wrong side of 30, the club’s delayed stance continues to divide their fanbase.
