So much for keeping your cards close to your chest. When new Liverpool boss Andoni Iraola was asked recently where he needed to strengthen, he replied: ‘We definitely need to sign a winger.’
When you have to replace one of the greatest players in your club’s history in Mo Salah, and your out-and-out right-wing options during a pre-season tour of the US are Kieran Morrison, 19, and Joshua Abe, 16, there’s not much point pretending otherwise. Especially when the new guy in charge is renowned for his fast, direct, attacking style of football.
Liverpool know the man they want to fill that obvious
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