Liverpool have lost a member of their attacking department with Roberto Firmino leaving the club on a free.
If there’s one thing football fans love more than a transfer, it’s an attacking transfer! Nothing excites supporters more than their side signing a new star who, all going well, will score them lots of goals.
Liverpool have spent the past 18 months completing such business as club bosses went about revamping the Reds’ ageing attack. Luis Diaz, Darwin Nunez, and Cody Gakpo all came in in successive transfer windows, as Sadio Mane, Divock Origi, Takumi Minamino, and now Roberto Firmino all moved on.
In truth, finding long-term replacements for Mane and Firmino was no enviable task, but the early signs from Diaz, Nunez, and Gakpo do suggest Liverpool have recruited well. Throw in Mohamed Salah and Diogo Jota both signing new long-term contracts last summer and Jurgen Klopp can call upon the talents of five quality attacking options
As a result, it would perhaps be a surprise if the Reds strengthened their front-line further this summer following Firmino’s exit, having seemingly signed his replacement in advance last January in Gakpo. Besides, midfield is very much their latest priority with Alexis Mac Allister already the first signing through the door.
We look in all departments apart from goalkeeper at the moment,” the German admitted to reporters last month. “Yes, if there is a good one (centre-back) out there, I would not deny it. That’s all. We look at all areas of the pitch, definitely.”
There could be some sense to the Reds signing a new forward this summer, despite already possessing five senior options. Both Diaz and Jota missed the majority of last season with long-term injuries, after all, while Nunez was prone to setbacks of his own as he endured a rollercoaster first season in England.
Meanwhile, Liverpool are likely to be without the services of Salah next January and February if Egypt, as expected, qualify for next year’s Africa Cup of Nations later this summer.
