With Liverpool’s reticence in the transfer market now well established, questions will always be asked as to whether they could or should be doing more. The injury problems with which the squad is currently afflicted only draw this issue into sharper focus.
While Jurgen Klopp could almost field a plausible starting XI of men who are currently available, it is the midfield which has been most badly hit. Thiago Alcantara, Curtis Jones and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain are all out, Naby Keita hasn’t got going yet this season and the likes of Harvey Elliott and Fabio Carvalho might be pressed into action in the front three due to the issues there.
The club will not panic, it’s not in their DNA to stumble blindly into the market and sign a player for the sake of it. But when the manager is having to joke about his side being affected by a witch, so bad has their luck been, we may have reached the point where a signing becomes essential.
