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Liverpool: Dembele can be Klopp’s Grealish

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Liverpool: Dembele can be Klopp’s Grealish

Liverpool have been credited with an curiosity in free agent Ousmane Dembele not too long ago and the Frenchman could possibly be Jurgen Klopp’s personal model of Manchester Metropolis record-signing Jack Grealish ought to he make the transfer to Anfield.

Current reports in Spain have linked Liverpool with the 25-year-old winger, who is accessible on a free switch after his contract at Barcelona got here to an finish.

Harm issues disrupted Dembele’s spell on the Nou Camp however he would nonetheless make 150 appearances in all competitions, contributing 32 objectives and 34 assists.

Remarkably, 13 of those assists would are available in simply 21 La Liga appearances final season, as the previous Borussia Dortmund man was revolutionised following the arrival of Xavi as supervisor.

The Spaniard was keen to maintain Dembele on the membership however Barcelona’s monetary restrictions performed their half and he ended up departing, and Liverpool could possibly be the beneficiaries, particularly if he can constantly produce the shape he confirmed final season.

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FbRef means that Grealish is the ninth-most related participant to Dembele in world soccer, so Liverpool signing a free agent just like somebody who their title rivals landed for £100m would certainly signify glorious worth for cash.

Regardless of that includes considerably much less, Dembele outperformed Grealish in assists, dribbles and pictures final season, whereas his shot-creating actions and assists per 90 have been additionally much better than the England worldwide.

WhoScored means that each Dembele and Grealish‘s strengths embody passing, dribbling, taking part in key passes and holding onto the ball, so they’re clearly very related gamers, and Liverpool could possibly be signing an actual gem by bringing the Frenchman to Anfield.

They are going to undoubtedly face competitors from Chelsea, as Thomas Tuchel is a large fan of the winger having managed him at Dortmund, and the German supervisor was stuffed with reward for Dembele when he joined from Rennes, saying:

“Ousmane is a participant who brilliantly combines dribbling passing and making area to a really excessive stage. That’s extraordinary.”

Due to this fact, Liverpool ought to positively contemplate making a suggestion to Dembele, as he could possibly be Klopp’s personal model of Grealish, with out the stumbling block of a £100m switch payment.

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