The Premier League, the most competitive league in the world, began on Friday, August 5, with Arsenal’s victory on the road against Crystal Palace, Liverpool’s second rival in England. Those led by Jürgen Klopp with Luis Fernando Díaz Marulanda who is shaping up to be a starter prepares the match outside Anfield against Fulham at Craven Cottage.
Liverpool has new faces like Fábio Carvalho, precisely from Fulham, Calvin Ramsay from Aberdeen and Darwin Núñez from Benfica, who has already made his debut with a goal against Manchester City in the Community Shield. Jürgen Klopp is criticized for hiring only these three players and they ask him to sign more.
About the new season, “we try to improve, make small adjustments and we know what we can do: more variants and be more dominant with the ball. We try to help the guys do that. I enjoyed the pre-season, so I’m positive, but that’s my nature. We’ll see”.
Fulham is a rival that usually rises, and fails to maintain the category. Of his opponent, Jürgen Klopp analyzed it this way, “Fulham did extremely well last season. Getting promoted playing ‘football’ is one of the hardest things to do in the Championship. With all my respect. A very good team. Fábio (Carvalho) was important to them. Harry Wilson is too. In the previous week I always read about the other team and they have some problems to solve in the market. He’s out, Fulham will be tough.
For this match, Liverpool will not be able to count on Kostas Tsimikas who suffered a knock, nor on Ibrahima ‘Ibou’ Konaté, injured in pre-season. The strategist specified about them, “Kostas had bad luck in a training move. He could be ready to train next week, which is helpful. Ibou in a challenge against Strasbourg, we have to see how long he will take, but he will be out for a long time”.
Despite these absences, Jürgen Klopp maintained that they are not thinking of signing more, “we cannot solve the problems we have with a transfer. At the moment it doesn’t make sense to us. But the transfer window is still open and we’ll see.”
A former Fulham player like Fábio Carvalho, of whom the German strategist is happy with the Portuguese, “is a great player, a great talent. He will be very important to us. We have this age group as well. He is ready as is Harvey (Elliot). That’s great. We all need luck in life with injuries, but he will be a great player for us.”
Diogo Jota may lose prominence with the incorporation of Darwin Núñez as first baseman. However, Jürgen Klopp called him a top player in the squad, “top, top, top. Real commitment to the club, he is not even close to his top level. Very good news for the club for signing the renewal contract. Good news for him too. It’s good to have him around, he’s a character who has known from the beginning what to do to be successful.”
Finally, about Darwin Núñez expressed, “Darwin is ready. He needs time to get used to many things, but he is already a great help. Darwin is ready, but that doesn’t mean he has to start. He needs time to get used to many things, but he is already a great help. It was a proper preseason for him. He said that he was nervous. Normal. He quickly adapted. He feels at home”.
