thiago alcantara

He Didn’t Kostas Much – August 2020, The Month That Was

August began with Liverpool unveiling their new kit, the first one released under their new deal with Nike. Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, Virgil Van Dijk and the boys unboxed the kit and their enthusiasm for the kit was quite striking. Fire! Swoosh! Flamey! Robbo, pay your bills man! Liverpool did a signing!! Rejoice! The Reds landed Kostas Tsimikas...

Gini Wijnaldum: A Fantastic Servant, Time To Make Way

The deal that had been proposed for weeks is finally taking shape. There have been many players whom have divided opinion amongst the Liverpool fanbase in history - Dirk Kuyt, Luis Garcia, Danny Murphy are amongst a few. And with Georginio Wijnaldum potentially set to leave the club and wrap up a £15million deal to...

Liverpool prepare for departure as Koeman dreams of Gini

As news broke in Spain on Tuesday night, it appeared that Gini Wijnaldum was edging ever closer to a Liverpool exit. Jürgen Klopp's ultra-reliable number 5 is on his way to Barcelona, it seems. According to Spanish publication sport.es, Ronald Koeman hopes to make Wijnaldum one of his first signings since taking over at Camp Nou. With...

Thiago Could Be Key To Unlocking Liverpool Midfield Goals

The Thiago Alcantara to Liverpool links to burn brightly. Simon Hughes of The Athletic, who is well connected to the club, added another dose of kerosene to the rumours when he reported the Reds are "officially" interested in the Spain international midfielder. If the English champions are indeed to prize the former Barcelona linchpin from FC...

Why Thiago Signing Could Make Perfect Liverpool Logistical Sense

The 2020/2021 fixtures were released last Thursday, the 20th of August. Champions Liverpool begin their title defence at home to newly-promoted Leeds United, before travelling to Chelsea and hosting Arsenal at Anfield in game number three. What is most noticeable, however, is how compressed the campaign -- which had to be readjusted due to the ongoing...

Has Jürgen Klopp stepped up his interest in FC Bayern’s Thiago Alcântara?

Liverpool boss Jürgen Klopp is reported to have stepped up the club's interest in FC Bayern midfielder Thiago Alcântara after apparently initiating contact with the Bundesliga champions. Former Barcelona midfielder, Thiago, is rumoured to be interested in joining Klopp's Liverpool team during this transfer window. The Spain international is now in the last year of his...

What Will Thiago Alcantara Bring to The Reds?

Off the back of inarguably the Reds’ best season in the premiership, Jurgen Klopp seems to be wasting no time in filling out his squad for Liverpool’s title defence. Since lifting the Premier League trophy for the first time recently, the sky’s the limit. Therefore, it’s hardly surprising the head coach is considering bringing...

Why Thiago Could Offer Liverpool Antidote To Their Kryptonite

Liverpool have only dropped points on five occasions in the league this season. You can infer from this that the Reds are accustomed to winning against all means of approaches and tactics. However, when you take out the mauling suffered away to Manchester City -- only days after the confirmation of their title victory and...

Why Thiago to Liverpool would be odd

Thiago Alcantara is the latest big name player to be (heavily) linked with Liverpool this summer. And he is the business. Thiago is an absolutely elite central midfielder, who would improve most central midfields in the entire world. If we’re being honest, he would improve Liverpool’s and would certainly be an exceptional option to have...

The story of Liverpool’s pursuit of Thiago Alcântara seems to be gathering momentum

After suffering a disappointing 4-0 defeat at Manchester City on Thursday night, Liverpool fans woke to better news today regarding the potential signing of Thiago Alcântara. According to the Spanish news outlet, SPORT, the Bayern Munich midfielder could be joining Jürgen Klopp's Reds for a fee in the region of £32 million. The article states that...