Liverpool will have a better idea on where they are currently at after Sunday’s trip to Newcastle
The challenge of determining exactly where Jurgen Klopp’s team is at in their development has emerged as one of the summer’s major themes for Liverpool.
There has also been a ton of evidence for individuals on the opposing sides of the spectrum to support their claims. The future has much to be amazed at for the pessimists. In just five games, 18 goals were scored, including ones by each member of Klopp’s celebrated front five.
For those with half-empty glasses, though, the Reds have occasionally been disturbingly simple to play through due to a lack of adequate midfield shielding, especially down Liverpool’s right flank, which increasingly resembles a bullseye for the opposition.
Although four points from six games, including victories over Bournemouth at home and Chelsea on the road, is a respectable result, both defensive shortcomings and offensive brilliance have already been on display, leaving few to understand where this new-look Liverpool club stands right now.
Before the last week of the transfer window, Sunday’s trip to Newcastle United at least has the potential to offer a more certain ending.
Last season, the Reds struggled to win away games against clubs that finished higher than them, but on a trip to St. James’ Park in February, they came away with a 2-0 victory. In contrast to the other teams that placed in the top six, those were the only points that were obtained on the road.This, if the Reds are serious about recovering their Champions League status, must change. This is a subject that can be expanded upon; last season, Liverpool only won six of their away games, losing as many as eight. They aren’t in the 23/24 European Cup merely because it wasn’t good enough.
Most Read Under Klopp, Liverpool has only lost one of their 15 matches against the Sunday opponents, but the Magpies present a completely different challenge than what the German has been used to in his lengthy reign as the Premier League’s longest-tenured manager.
For residents in this specific region of the North East, the good times are currently rolling, and withEddie Howe and his team will find out their Champions League fate soon as they travel to a club that is unquestionably progressing, despite the fact that their ownership is still a legitimate source of severe controversy.
The controversy surrounding the circumstances surrounding how and why the Public Investment Fund of the Saudi Arabian government was permitted to acquire control of Newcastle United should never leave the larger discussion, but that won’t make the questions any less challenging for Klopp and his team this weekend.
The Magpies’ last win over the Reds came in late 2015, but since that terrible December afternoon eight years ago, they probably won’t have welcomed Klopp’s squad to St James’ Park with as much confidence.
More information about Liverpool’s potential will be revealed by how they respond to the challenge because many people think that the team still needs at least a few players to be finished with their summer reconstruction.
Even though Klopp did his best to mislead some, the club that had a British record transfer offer for Moises Caicedo accepted at £111 million just two weeks ago should have a busy few days off the field.
Many people still want a defender and a midfielder, despite Klopp’s efforts to downplay the notion that the majority of the Caicedo transfer cost is still to be spent.
We have had to (live within our means) ever since I’ve been here,” Klopp remarked on Friday. The fact that the club has to doesn’t automatically make it any simpler. Our circumstance is not the issue; rather, it is how we stack up against the other top teams. We must be precise. That’s basically the issue. There is hardly much room for error.
Those who are currently unimpressed by the business concluded in recent weeks should find encouragement in the covert actions that led to the unexpected deal for Endo last week, but there is a school of thought that believes a significant outcome in either direction at Newcastle could influence what happens in the recruitment team for the final five days of a strange old process.
