Up to seven midfielders, including Fabinho, James Milner, and Jordan Henderson, have left the team in the past year, while Szoboszlai, Mac Allister, Wataru Endo, and Ryan Gravenberch have joined to help create “Liverpool Reloaded,” as manager Jurgen Klopp has dubbed the team.
There is no doubt that Liverpool’s new numbers eight and ten will be two of the first names on the team sheet this season, even though Endo will probably serve as a depth option and 21-year-old Gravenberch is a promising player for the future.
In addition, Liverpool has two outstanding creative midfielders at their disposal, including a World Cup champion and a 22-year-old international captain.
While this does satisfy Klopp’s need for invention and goals from midfield, it does provide another conundrum for him. There is only one open spot in midfield for the manager to choose from, and six players are vying for it, assuming the Argentinian and the Hungarian start and Liverpool’s system stays the same.
Along with Endo and Gravenberch, Thiago Alcantara, Curtis Jones, Harvey Elliott, and Stefan Bajcetic will be vying for that third position.
But who ought to complete the Reds’ strongest midfield three when everyone is healthy and available?
15,567 fans cast votes in total for the two polls, with Thiago’s breadth of knowledge and technical proficiency finally winning out.
75.1% of the initial poll’s 5728 votes, or 36.8% of the total, went to the Spaniard. Thiago is undoubtedly one of the top midfielders in the world on his best days, which are typically when he isn’t sidelined by injuries.
Gravenberch came in second with 4279 votes, or 27.4% of the total votes cast, and was followed by Bajcetic in third with 2524 votes, or 16.2% of the total.
Elliott only earned a modest amount of support (366 votes, or 1.7%), but Jones and Endo both received acceptable numbers of votes.
