As is customary at the Carabao Cup, Pep Lijnders addressed the media and was quick to comment on a player Liverpool have been repeatedly linked to during and after the World Cup.
Our assistant coach was asked about Argentina’s success in Qatar and said: “What I like about Argentina is that they play to their strengths.
“For example, Rodrigo with the ball was like a sweeper behind Messi. Messi is on the inside, he is on the outside. Messi is on the outside, he is on the inside.
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“Enzo and Mac Allister, how they handle the midfield, along with Rodrigo [De Paul] but especially these two, how they balance each other out.
“Messi, I’ve already said it before, if you see him from five meters it’s something I’ve never seen before, speed, and he was decisive in every attack they had, it was the start of many attacks, with Enzo of course.”
Most of the attention from these comments will go to Enzo Fernández, with the 21-year-old who has been described as ‘spectacular’ by Lionel Messi after his goalscoring performance at the tournament being heavily linked with a transfer to Merseyside.
Gianluca Di Marzio has also reported that we’re ready to make a big offer for the Benfica man in the future, so it’s certainly interesting to hear someone within Jurgen Klopp’s coaching staff commenting directly on a player so widely linked with a move. from Anfield.
We’ll have to see if this materializes into a move, but it’s clear the World Cup winner has plenty of fans inside the AXA Training Center, none more so than our Dutch number 2.
You can watch Lijnders’ comments on Fernández (from 13:33) via Liverpool FC on YouTube:
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