{"id":1101160,"date":"2019-08-12T11:08:28","date_gmt":"2019-08-12T10:08:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/?p=1101160"},"modified":"2019-08-12T11:08:28","modified_gmt":"2019-08-12T10:08:28","slug":"gary-neville-jurgen-klopp-liverpool-transfer-problem","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.squawka.com\/en\/news\/gary-neville-jurgen-klopp-liverpool-transfer-problem\/","title":{"rendered":"Gary Neville highlights Jurgen Klopp’s Liverpool transfer “problem”"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ex-Manchester United defender Gary Neville believes finding a forward to cover for Roberto Firmino, Sadio Mane and Mohamed Salah is a “problem” for Jurgen Klopp at Liverpool.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The Reds’ prolific front three have scored a combined 161 goals since the start of the 2017\/18 season and have played a huge role in Liverpool’s success in recent years.<\/p>\n

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Beyond them, the likes of Divock Origi, Xherdan Shaqiri and Dominic Solanke have been unable to provide consistent back-up at various times, while Klopp decided against dipping into the transfer market this summer.<\/p>\n

Should one of Firmino, Mane or Salah sustain a long-term injury, it could leave Klopp having to make a big tactical change, and Neville thinks the struggle to attract a striker who is happy to sit on the bench is a real problem for Liverpool.<\/p>\n

“Who\u2019s going to come in as a striker at Liverpool?” he said on Sky Sports’\u00a0‘Big Season Debate’<\/a>.<\/p>\n

“If you\u2019re Liverpool, wanting to spend \u00a375m on a striker now or a forward, those front three that are there now aren\u2019t going to be happy sitting on the bench.<\/p>\n

“So you\u2019re going to have to **** them off right away and the guy coming in for \u00a375m isn\u2019t going to sit on the bench. You have got a bit of a problem.<\/p>\n