Fabrizio Romano believes Liverpool ‘need’ to make ‘two or three signings’ next year to ‘refresh themselves and help the squad’.
Jurgen Klopp is having a torrid time with injuries at the moment with Darwin Nunez, Luis Diaz, Diogo Jota, Ibrahima Konate and Joel Matip all sidelined, while Thiago Alcantara also missed Saturday’s loss to Nottingham Forest by a ear infection.
The Anfield side, who have been targeted to sign Jude Bellingham from Borussia Dortmund at the end of the season, have “lost some confidence” as their slow start to the campaign continues, according to the Italian transfer specialist.
“Injuries are a big, big problem for Liverpool. I think the problem is there: too many unavailable players, too many physical issues, and the team has lost some confidence,” Romano said in his exclusive column for CaughtOffside.
“I certainly don’t think Jurgen Klopp is the problem, but they will probably need two or three signings in 2023 to refresh and help the team.”
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Although injuries are certainly not helping our attempts to move up the table at the moment, on paper we still had enough quality on the side to take down Steve Cooper’s men.
Mo Salah, Bobby Firmino and Virgil van Dijk all started at the City Ground but we just weren’t good enough and are now seventh in the table after 11 games.
Chelsea, who are in last place in the Champions League at the moment, are five points ahead of us and the sooner our injured players recover, the better.
Nunez was signed by Benfica in the summer and has shown what he is capable of in recent weeks, while Fabio Carvalho, who also joined the club shortly after the Uruguayan, will need time before we can hope to see him at his best. .
Liverpool bolstered their midfield options on the closing day of the summer transfer window with the loan signing of Arthur Melo from Juventus, but unsurprisingly given our recent injury fortunes, the Brazilian international has been ruled out until the new year after undergoing muscle surgery. .
It will certainly be interesting to see if Klopp digs deeper into the transfer market in January because, at the moment, it seems he has no choice.
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