Liverpool legend names two positions Klopp should strengthen

Oli Fisher
Jurgen Klopp TEAMtalk

Liverpool legend Mark Lawrenson believes there are two areas where Jurgen Klopp could look to strengthen this summer.

Despite capturing a sixth European Cup in Madrid last weekend and coming painfully close to winning the Premier League, Jurgen Klopp is still expected to oversee a number of ins and outs this summer.

Alberto Moreno and Daniel Sturridge are set for the exit door, and Lawrenson believes that there are two areas where Klopp may look to sign reinforcements.

“You’d look at Liverpool now and think, ‘It’s really time to kick on’. But if people are thinking there are going to be five or six new players, I don’t see that.

“Klopp might need another left-back with Moreno going, because if Andy Robertson was out for two to three months, would you be happy with James Milner in there?

“This is where Liverpool have to get a little bit closer to Manchester City, who just have world-class replacements everywhere.

“So maybe a young left-back with loads of potential who Klopp can train on and who you hope won’t play for the first four or five months if Robertson is fit. Maybe a No.10, too. They tried to get Nabil Fekir, which didn’t happen because of his knee, but that kind of player would be good.”

On the triumph in Madrid, Lawrenson added: “I’m obviously delighted and as much as anything for Jurgen Klopp.

“For Klopp, it was a little bit of a crossroads after having lost six finals in a row. It doesn’t matter how mentally strong you are as a manager, you have to start to question yourself when you have lost a series of big finals.

“You got a sense of that when he said that it was very important he won this one for his family, because they have had to go through it with him.”

 

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