How Liverpool makes a late swoop for Porto winger wanted by Tottenham

As a result, Liverpool are now clear at the top of the Premier League table, and they’ve won six in a row since reaching first place last season. But there will be no celebration of late winners on Tuesday as Liverpool host Manchester City in what is being described by pundits as “the biggest game on Earth”. The Reds had been due to visit Anfield on Sunday before Covid-19 disrupted the fixture schedule across England and Scotland.

The Reds also had to deal with an injury blow to Virgil van Dirk yesterday afternoon, although they shouldn’t have too much of a problem playing at full strength with Joel Matip sidelined through suspension and Fabinho nursing a thigh muscle strain.

However, it was still reported that Jürgen Klopp's side would not play again until Christmas, so the Premier League champions could return home and rest their players after three games, with little time left until the end of the day Wednesday night clash against Everton.

Futurism claims that Liverpool may have only managed to secure a point when Mohamed Salah suffered his second straight Premier League goal in a 4-1 defeat to Paris Saint Germain today, but they have more than enough firepower to do what they want to do.

The Reds already have two players signed this year, one from Ajax and another from Benefice, and the trio would undoubtedly have gone into Saturday’s crunch match had it not been for Van Dirk and a brilliant finish from Roberto Firming as he scored twice to help the Reds record a fourth successive victory. However, Liverpool must now contend with the threat posed by title contenders Tottenham, who have spent the past week working hard to strengthen their ranks.

The Portuguese giants are also desperate to put pressure on Liverpool, especially now that they have been without injured superstar Harry Kane for most of that period. Brendan Rodgers’ team has lost just once to start their 2021/22 campaign, and the Welshman seems prepared to throw all of them to the wind if his side doesn’t beat Chelsea.

It would seem that some kind of agreement is being reached between Mourinho and Liverpool over the matter of signing Juventus star Lazaro Martinez, but their latest developments haven’t come as a surprise to many. They previously tried to get Ramos out of Spain, but they didn’t quite manage to agree with him and ended up losing Ramos instead.

Mourinho has spoken a lot throughout 2020 about how good it feels to see Ronald Cowman take charge at Anfield after he steered the club to their seventh league title in seven years. While the Spaniard has said that the job of the manager has always been important to him, he certainly hasn’t made many headlines to say that their manager deserves to win the Premier League title himself when compared to the other managers in the competition.

While Jürgen Klopp looks set to leave Anfield next season, the main focus of the manager’s mind over the coming months will be keeping Salah and Roberto Firming happy, which will be crucial given that both players have started their second consecutive seasons with the Reds and are very unlikely to be heading elsewhere in January or beyond.

So, while Liverpool fans will rightly question whether the current squad will be able to keep Salah and Firming happy until the end of the 2023/24 season, there’s a chance that Jürgen Klopp will be looking for reinforcements to bolster his back line against any opposition coming their way. There is also a possibility that he may well make changes to his front four, however; the Reds were already short of depth even before injuries and suspensions halted their momentum.

Liverpool has been linked with several big-name players, and they may soon find themselves in need of more quality on the field as their next major decision comes around the corner. At Anfield, the manager will have to pick up his courage and take responsibility for the way that the Reds have performed and the way that a decision might have been handled. It’s difficult to imagine the situation in Liverpool changing drastically anytime soon, and the Reds will be under huge pressure every single time they encounter an opponent looking to progress. The fact that Liverpool has won 11 of their 12 matches so far this term is pretty impressive, but a similar form of form isn’t going to guarantee them a place in Europe’s Champions League quarterfinals.