,After the summer transfer window, Liverpool have a ton of alternatives in midfield. What formation is ideal for Jurgen Klopp?
Last season, the midfield would have kept Jurgen Klopp up at night several times.
The alternatives the Liverpool manager has in the engine room for the upcoming months, though, present him with a new type of challenge.
There is a sense of the unknown surrounding the Reds’ midfield, which under Klopp has been very stable in terms of personnel throughout the era when trophies were being amassed after spending more than £150 million on four new recruits.
By Paul Gorst I believe Jurgen Klopp will use a horses-for-courses strategy with his midfield three over the upcoming months. Wataru Endo, who is tenacious and defensively minded, will occasionally be needed in the base of the midfield while more expansive alternatives are needed to dismantle teams that are sitting behind the ball.
When you take into account players like Curtis Jones, Ryan Gravenberch, Harvey Elliott, and Trent Alexander-Arnold as well as the tactical versatility of Klopp to deploy four or three, the combinations are numerous.
In contrast to the hard-running, it appears to be a new-look midfield that has been developed with technical excellence as its most coveted feature.
Since there isn’t necessarily a “first choice” midfield, this is who I would choose if Liverpool were to play in the Champions League final and had a full roster of healthy midfielders to choose from.
Despite his fitness issues and injury issues, Thiago Alcantara is still in my opinion Liverpool’s best midfielder, thus Klopp can deploy him at the base alongside Alexis MacAllister in a two-man pivot formation.
They are joined by the tenacious and refined Dominik Szoboszlai up front, creating a midfield that is brimming with poise and accuracy with the ball. In fact, it may not be necessary to use a typical destroyer as often.
Klopp has not frequently favored a starting midfield.
Inigo Doyle There is bad news for everyone who thinks Liverpool currently has the greatest starting midfield. One does not exist. Even if Jurgen Klopp has consistently pursued a horses-for-courses philosophy, it will be some time before it is made public.
