Jamie Carragher tells Liverpool flop to shape up or ship out
Lovren, 26, has struggled to hold down a regular place in the Liverpool first team in recent months and has been limited to just seven Premier League appearances this season. “He’s been one of the best performers this season”, Carragher said. “Then he will go back to LA and train and play there”. But if we need, we will do [transfers]. But you never know in football – injuries can happen today or tomorrow. It’s not that serious as we thought in the first moment.
“We know it will be tough, especially in December”. “Between 82 and 94 (minutes) you can make eight goals if you want, you only have to work for it”.
The No. 6 was called upon as a substitute during the Reds’ last gane – the home defeat by Crystal Palace – as Mamadou Sakho was forced off with an injury before half-time. “All the rest was OK, it was not ideal, but we can make big steps in the next few weeks”.
“But Sakho will be a big blow for the manager because there haven’t been too many players who have been playing out of their skin but Sakho has certainly been one of the better ones”.
Given the current situation right now, do Liverpool “need” to sign anyone during the January transfer window? Daniel Sturridge, Philippe Coutinho, and Luis Suárez provided superb value and quickly made an impact in Liverpool colours. If we have a good idea, we try to bring it on the pitch, and that needs time.
But with promising young Schalke forward Leroy Sane one of several players being monitored with the January transfer window approaching, Klopp insists he will do transfer business if he’s required to.
“I saw his first game for Liverpool – it was against Dortmund when we lost by four”. Jürgen Klopp’s comments are not idle ones, but if Liverpool do target players in January, it will be intriguing to find out the types of players who could join Klopp’s squad.
As a result, a couple of names have already been linked with a move to Liverpool but Klopp has now gone on to reveal that he has not identified his transfer targets as of yet.