Liverpool might be among the last teams in the Premier League to make any transfers this summer. However, that won’t prevent it from acquiring the best player in the division.
Liverpool doesn’t often sign big-name players. Thus, it’s remarkable that it might have the Premier League’s biggest star by far by the end of the summer.
In particular, under FSG, but even before then, Liverpool has avoided acquiring players with a track record of success at the highest levels.
The fact that the Reds are the only team to sign a Champions League winner and a serial champion straight out of one of Europe’s traditional powerhouses may have contributed significantly to the buzz around Thiago Alcantara.
And see the result of that. Cliché or not, Anfield is primarily a location for creating stars, not for purchasing them.
Consider Mohamed Salah alone. The Italian evidence suggested that the Egyptian was prepared for a second chance in the Premier League, but the signing of a Chelsea failure was unavoidable.
It was a risk. However, in the interim, Salah has developed into the kind of player that Liverpool could never have directly recruited to Anfield; he is now a living legend of the Premier League and has been regarded as one of the best players in the world for the past five or six years.
Actually, only Kevin De Bruyne among current players can truly contend to be on par with Salah in terms of superstar status.
Two of the greatest names in the Premier League, they have been pillars of consistency lately, producing goals and assists at an exceptional level without stopping.
De Bruyne has typically emerged victorious when it comes to Manchester City.
Liverpool supporters, however, would fiercely argue that Salah is the finest player in the league; the 32-year-old regularly finishes behind De Bruyne in terms of creativity while still producing the goals that a forward does.
Still, there’s a discussion to be had. The fact that the two are far superior than the rest of the field, however, is not up for debate. However, it’s possible that they won’t compete against each other for very long.
De Bruyne and Al-Ittihad are reportedly in agreement on terms, and Manchester City has no intention of getting in the way of him.
Incidentally, this would see De Bruyne link up with former Liverpool man Fabinho. But back in the Premier League, it would leave Slot with the biggest fish in the pond by a distance.
You couldn’t categorically say that Salah would be the best player in the league. Younger stars are forging their reputations, with Martin Odegaard, Bukayo Saka and Phil Foden all phenomenal last season — even though the Liverpool man would back himself every single time.
But for the whole package of status, stardom, performance level and long-term consistency, Salah is certainly now the undisputed Premier League poster boy.
That’s a massive asset for Liverpool, and one that is testament to the recruitment which brought him to Anfield in the first place — now the pressure is on Michael Edwards to repeat the trick.
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