A former Liverpool striker has urged the membership to pursue what’d be one of the crucial sensational transfers of contemporary instances.
Manchester Metropolis’s 8-0 FA Cup romp over Salford Metropolis on Saturday night was overshadowed by a post-match revelation from Pep Guardiola that Kyle Walker has requested to depart the Premier League champions.
That bombshell switch request comes amid hypothesis over one other England right-back in Trent Alexander-Arnold, who continues to be of curiosity to Actual Madrid and is into the ultimate six months of his contract at Anfield.
Saunders urges Liverpool to maneuver for Walker
Following the information that the 34-year-old is searching for an exit from the Etihad Stadium, Dean Saunders argued that Liverpool ought to search to pounce on that scenario amid the continued uncertainty over Trent’s future.
Talking about Walker on FA Cup GameDay Cellphone-In on talkSPORT, the previous Reds striker proclaimed: “Would you like me to chuck a spanner within the works? It appears to be like like Trent is leaving; why don’t Liverpool signal him?
“There you go, he’d be an excellent signing for Liverpool if Trent goes. I do know they’ve acquired the younger child [Conor Bradley] coming by means of…by the way in which, he’s nonetheless fast, and if Trent is leaving…”
Saunders insisted that the Man Metropolis defender’s tempo ‘remains to be a match for many on this league’ and added: “He’d get in Spurs’ workforce, he’d get in Liverpool’s workforce, he’d get in Man United’s workforce, he’d get in Chelsea’s workforce. Would he get in Arsenal’s workforce? He’d get in Arsenal’s workforce. He’s higher than [Ben] White.”
Liverpool received’t go anyplace close to Walker
With all due respect to Saunders, we will put ahead a number of causes as to why Liverpool shouldn’t (and received’t) go anyplace close to Walker.
If FSG have reservations about handing profitable new contracts to 2 present Reds gamers who’re nonetheless performing to a world-class stage in Mo Salah (32) and Virgil van Dijk (33), why on Earth would they attempt to signal somebody who’s on £175,000 per week on the Etihad, turns 35 in Might and seems to be previous his greatest?
As per The Athletic, the veteran right-back has shipped criticism for his half in just a few targets that Metropolis have conceded this season, and he was given a torrid time by the jet-heeled Adama Traore in opposition to Fulham in October.
Walker’s tempo may’ve been explosive in earlier years, however as Jamie Carragher famous on Sky Sports activities, he tends to ‘change off’ and not has the velocity to get him out of hassle.
The 34-year-old’s character may also be a priority, with Roy Keane rightly condemning his ‘embarrassing‘ play-acting within the Manchester derby final month and the England worldwide having a turbulent private life, to place it diplomatically.
Even when Trent have been to depart this yr, there’s merely no method that Liverpool ought to – or would – stunt Bradley’s progress by bringing within the Man Metropolis right-back. Regardless of Saunders’ arguements, we will safely assume that this hypothetical switch received’t ever occur.
