Liverpool’s midfield are overwhelmed week after week, so how can one player fix that?
Forgive me father for I have sinned.
On Saturday afternoon, I did something I had never done before in more than four decades of life on Earth, but I did it anyway. I bet Liverpool Football Club would lose a game.

The result was obviously financially beneficial. My winnings comfortably covered the cost of half a crispy duck with a few grilled ribs for good measure. All paid for by one of the oldest betting companies in the UK. However, the humble punt left me with the same void that I think would come with winning a league title if you have an open checkbook, but we’ll have to see if my stance on that changes. ‘coming.

So what exactly motivated me to do this act of disloyalty? The answer – Regrets not having done so earlier when Liverpool played against Brentford. The Reds took on the Bees on the second day of 2023 after winning four straight in the Premier League. But if one paid close attention, one could see that the two victories after the Worlds stop were far from convincing

Big bruises Brentford looked like a huge banana peel waiting to be trampled. A pong of inevitable defeat was in the air, but betting on Liverpool to be defeated would have been first and was rejected outright. Liverpool lost easily 3-1. He had the feeling of a nailed down defeat and it showed.
The Reds’ performance against Wolverhampton Wanderers in the FA Cup was really no better next time out and probably worse in patches. In the end, only an offside flag and a lack of VAR cameras, combined with confusion over exactly what the offside rule is, saved Liverpool from an embarrassing home exit.

Taking all of this into account, the prospect of facing a south coast Brighton side who have seemingly risen to another level following the departure of Graham Potter, rather than backing down, has led me to only one conclusion – an absolute home banker. . And with this I have done an act of treachery, they have given me little pleasure except confirmation that my suspicions were correct and that the crispy duck and pancakes are indeed a delight for all the family.
But as the perfectly sensible public information message says, when the fun is over, stop. And that was certainly the case before a penny of profit was deposited on Saturday.

If the outcome of Liverpool’s defeat at Brighton hadn’t been too shocking, how they were brutally left would have been a different story. Losing Brentford didn’t look like the lowest ebb the Reds could go this season, but performance-wise, everyone involved must pray it can’t get any worse than this performance from Brighton.
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The Seagulls have no big names worth mentioning. Their World Cup-winning midfielder Alexis Mac Allister is also relatively unremarkable compared to some of the other household names in Argentina’s victorious squad. But on Saturday’s show, they’ll struggle to keep the abundance of talent still on hand. The summer transfer window will be a real test of their future direction when Europe’s elite call.

With the midfielder reported as a particular concern, Liverpool have already been heavily linked with a move for Brighton Ecuadorian international Moises Caicedo now and last summer. If the rumors that he wants a move to Anfield are true, he did little harm to his chances of joining Merseyside on Saturday.
But he wasn’t the only great player enjoying his afternoon. Solly March grabbed the headlines with a clinical brace as the Seagulls constantly exploited holes in Liverpool’s form and threatened to riot, but the credit could easily have gone to Kaoru Mitoma. The Japanese winger was a constant threat, terrorizing the nervous Reds defense with dizzying speed, skill and, above all, commanding confidence.
Upstairs was proof of what could have been for Liverpool, in the form of 18-year-old Evan Ferguson. The Irishman had a trial period with the Reds and was sought after at Anfield, but ultimately opted for Brighton as he could envision a clearer path to first-team football with the Seagulls. He was probably right and after starting the new year with goals against Arsenal and Everton he put in another superb display against the Reds which asked the Liverpool centre-backs many questions and no doubt left Klopp wishing they could have engage him in a deal if they had the chance.
All of this tells us that while Brighton have vastly different expectations to Liverpool and have certainly never been two games away from completing football immortality, they have recruited very well and identified players who can quickly transform into potential stars. But isn’t that what made Jurgen Klopp his name at Liverpool? There may be exceptions to the rule when a lot of money has been spent on the likes of Virgil van Dijk, Alisson and more recently Darwin Nunez, but overall he has taken the player’s potential and turned them into world-beaters, giving the club owners a nice money saved. the process.
Liverpool have been linked to the man of the moment Jude Bellingham for months. His performances for both Borussia Dortmund and England have elevated a young up-and-comer to stardom at just 19 years old.An incredibly rapid rise, achieved outside the traditional paths of English club football.

He is seen as the number one target for the Reds and if they were successful there is no doubt he would improve any team he dons the shirt for. But such an almost guaranteed return comes at a significant cost. Liverpool will likely have to part with over £100million to cap Bellingham, which will easily shatter their record transfer fee.

Does the club really need it now? Will a £100m player change the fate of a team who have been shoulder to shoulder at the top of the tree for the last five seasons but now look vulnerable against Fulham, Brentford, Brighton and even Wolves?

The latter may be struggling at the bottom of the table, but they too have their own midfield success stories that are making heads spin. Wolves captain Ruben Neves was fantastic at Anfield in the FA Cup – a £15.8m signing from Porto. The Reds were also linked with his compatriot Matheus Nunes in the summer, but instead he moved to Molineux for £38m. Will any of them end up at Liverpool? Brighton’s midfielder and front six of Caicedo, Mac Allister, Mitoma, ex-Red Adam Lallana, March and Ferguson cost around a tenth the transfer fee of what Liverpool could pay for Bellingham this summer – a deal that amateurs hope he fails to qualify for the Champions League given Liverpool’s rapidly diminishing chances of meeting their minimum target.

But when Liverpool’s first-choice midfielder needs a complete overhaul – not to mention equally important backup options – is this the best way to spend £100million? That may be the case for a club like Chelsea, but I’m not sure it’s a manager with the benevolent credentials of Jurgen Klopp.

The uncertainty surrounding Liverpool’s future ownership does nothing to clarify exactly what kind of budget the German will have to work with now and this summer. But Klopp’s comments in his somewhat awkward press conference on Friday suggested the players must leave before any new legs can be welcomed into Kirkby’s training ground. Spending a huge sum on a player is sure to excite fans, including this one, and grab headlines, but whether Klopp’s current crop has really reached the end of its cycle, one has to wonder if the war chest would be better spent one way. the brilliant Germans have proven that instead of pinning their hopes on an exceptional teenager, he can already succeed.

Until then, a clear reaction from existing players must arrive as early as this week to ease the sad temptation for pessimistic fans to place bets they would clearly prefer not to.