Thiago Alcántara is going through the best moment since he landed at Liverpool. The Spanish midfielder has become the conductor of the English club. “He didn’t do anything wrong. He’s a world-class player, we have to make sure he’s ready to play as many games as possible. He can be very dangerous,” Klopp said after facing Manchester United.
It’s not the only one. The press is totally surrendered to the former Barcelona player. So much so that his name appears in all the gatherings. Rio Ferdinand discovered something that was not known. According to the former English defender, Thiago wanted to sign for Manchester United before joining Liverpool.
“I spoke to him, in perfect English, great guy. He wanted to come to United.”
Ferdinand
“Yes, I spoke to him. He spoke perfect English, great guy. He wanted to come to United. But you look at him now and he couldn’t be happier.”said Ferdinand. This talk occurred when the Spanish was still a member of Bayern Munich. Finally, Thiago signed for Liverpool and United closed the transfer of Donny Van de Beek.
“I saw former players and experts saying to take him out because he doesn’t play the ball forward or that he wasn’t ready for this league. Players need time, and it goes back to this with United managers too, the club needs to give the coaches patience. Clubs and fans must give players patience, especially those from other leagues,” Ferdinand said.
“Luis Díaz was not a great signing”
John Barnes valued the signing of Luis Díaz by Liverpool and took away the euphoria with which the Colombian striker is currently living since his arrival in the Premier this winter. The former red player does not have so much consideration for him.
“Luis Diaz was not a great signing, he would have been if Liverpool were in the race with Real Madrid, Barcelona… And it didn’t cost that much money either. It was a type of contract that Klopp makes because he knows that he will integrate it in the best way and take advantage of it. Like Salah or Mané when they were signed, there wasn’t a lot of euphoria around him but the manager knows exactly what he needs,” admitted Barnes.
“Luis Díaz would not have this impact at Manchester City, as Salah probably would not have at Real Madrid because they are different philosophies and ways of playing.. As soon as Luis arrived, we immediately realized that he would fit perfectly into this team,” he said.