Hopefully, Mohamed Salah has many years to come at Liverpool. But I saw a Bundesliga speedster who could be the ideal candidate to one day take over the crown.
It’s not often you see a red card within the first 20 minutes of a match. It’s even less common for it to be shown for two rapid-fire bookable offences.
Yet that’s what I saw unfold on my trip to watch Borussia Dortmund in the Bundesliga last season. Admittedly, I was there primarily to watch Jude Bellingham — back in those heady days when Liverpool looked favorite to sign him. And while he undoubtedly caught the eye, he was not the only impressive player on the day.
His torturer? Karim Adeyemi. While never the subject of such intense Liverpool speculation as Bellingham, he is certainly someone to have appeared on the transfer radar, linked with Anfield before making the move from Red Bull Salzburg to Borussia Dortmund.
Now, his name has resurfaced, with Liverpool supposedly keen on him as an heir to Mohamed Salah (according to Italian Calciomercato, at least). From what I saw that day, there could hardly be a more exciting option.
It must be said that Adeyemi was on the ‘wrong’ side of the pitch against Freiburg, starting from the left flank. Ironically, Julian Brandt was patrolling the right (and had a very impressive game) — he could easily have ended up at Liverpool, before the Reds ultimately got Salah instead.
ut the former Red Bull charge has all of the necessary characteristics to replace Salah. Crucially, he is a left-footer — and while most of his career minutes have actually come through the middle, he has reasonable experience on both flanks.
This versatility will be an added bonus for Jürgen Klopp, but there would be nothing to stop Liverpool from settling Adeyemi into a permanent berth on the right. A ruthless finisher with a consistent track record of outperforming his expected goals, he looks capable of eventually being the one to shoulder the considerable burden of replicating Salah’s elite wide threat.
I even saw him net against Freiburg — coming in from the right, as it happens. He showed exceptional composure to slot home after a quick exchange with Bellingham, passing it into the corner with his ‘weaker’ foot and restoring the Borussia Dortmund lead.
ut the former Red Bull charge has all of the necessary characteristics to replace Salah. Crucially, he is a left-footer — and while most of his career minutes have actually come through the middle, he has reasonable experience on both flanks.
This versatility will be an added bonus for Jürgen Klopp, but there would be nothing to stop Liverpool from settling Adeyemi into a permanent berth on the right. A ruthless finisher with a consistent track record of outperforming his expected goals, he looks capable of eventually being the one to shoulder the considerable burden of replicating Salah’s elite wide threat.
I even saw him net against Freiburg — coming in from the right, as it happens. He showed exceptional composure to slot home after a quick exchange with Bellingham, passing it into the corner with his ‘weaker’ foot and restoring the Borussia Dortmund lead.
ut the former Red Bull charge has all of the necessary characteristics to replace Salah. Crucially, he is a left-footer — and while most of his career minutes have actually come through the middle, he has reasonable experience on both flanks.
This versatility will be an added bonus for Jürgen Klopp, but there would be nothing to stop Liverpool from settling Adeyemi into a permanent berth on the right. A ruthless finisher with a consistent track record of outperforming his expected goals, he looks capable of eventually being the one to shoulder the considerable burden of replicating Salah’s elite wide threat.
I even saw him net against Freiburg — coming in from the right, as it happens. He showed exceptional composure to slot home after a quick exchange with Bellingham, passing it into the corner with his ‘weaker’ foot and restoring the Borussia Dortmund lead.
ut the former Red Bull charge has all of the necessary characteristics to replace Salah. Crucially, he is a left-footer — and while most of his career minutes have actually come through the middle, he has reasonable experience on both flanks.
This versatility will be an added bonus for Jürgen Klopp, but there would be nothing to stop Liverpool from settling Adeyemi into a permanent berth on the right. A ruthless finisher with a consistent track record of outperforming his expected goals, he looks capable of eventually being the one to shoulder the considerable burden of replicating Salah’s elite wide threat.
I even saw him net against Freiburg — coming in from the right, as it happens. He showed exceptional composure to slot home after a quick exchange with Bellingham, passing it into the corner with his ‘weaker’ foot and restoring the Borussia Dortmund lead
Newcastle were convinced Trent Alexander-Arnold should have been dismissed in the opening minutes when, shortly after being given a yellow card for kicking the ball away, the Liverpool right-back tangled with former Everton winger Anthony Gordon.
It prompted a frank exchange of views between the two benches with Newcastle assistant manager Jason Tindall gesturing for Klopp to be quiet.
And the Reds boss said: “This is an observation – there is a foul on Trent Alexander-Arnold which is not given, clear in front of me, the ref doesn’t give it and then Trent kicks the ball away, his fault, bang, yellow.
“The next situation, if he (the referee) gives a yellow then he gives it, but I didn’t think it was. You need to have this little space to keep the game going.”
Klopp would also tell Sky Sports that the fourth official agreed it should have been a foul on the Liverpool full-back after an initial shove from Gordon.
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