However, the England global did recover from a hip injury to appear in six of Liverpool’s last seven matches of the Premier League season and help them secure a top-four spot.
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“We’ve got top four now”.
It appears Klopp is seeking a left-back, a central defender, another central midfielder and more pace in attack.
Pep Guardiola’s debut season has not turned out as well as he hoped.
Having shown scintillating form in the first half of the season, which briefly raised the prospect of an unlikely title challenge, Liverpool struggled from the turn of the year but eventually got themselves over the line with a final-day win over Middlesbrough.
“It was bad enough when we lost Cesc Fabregas, Samir Nasri and Gael Clichy”. That’s a difference, of course. Old war horse Arsene Wenger and his top four woes. Now we have to make decisions. Also, chipping golf balls into a washing machine and we finally discover just how hard is Colm ParkinsonHave a look, it’s all good.
On his ambitions for the close-season transfer window, Koeman said: “First of all we need more numbers in to be prepared for a long, tough season with different competitions”.
Liverpool are set to play in the Champions League next season, albeit initially via the play-offs after finishing fourth in the Premier League.
And we haven’t even mentioned the “Invincibles” team of 2003-04 who went a national record 49 games unbeaten.
“Are they in the market to compete with Manchester City, Manchester United and Chelsea or are they not?”
“Liverpool have always had a history of fighting at the top of the league and also in Europe, and we have that now so next season can be really exciting for us”, he said.
“We learned a lot this year about ourselves and we can use that”.
“Hopefully now we can stick a few trophies in the cabinet”.
In total, Sturridge made 27 appearances in all competitions during the 2016-17 campaign, scoring seven goals.
The 24-year-old, who scored 13 league goals and provided seven assists for the Reds this season, intends to see out his contract which is now set to expire in 2022.
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This year, the Europa League featured teams from Turkey, Israel, Russia, Romania, Cyprus, and a bunch of “other” teams from all the countries you see in the Champions League; if nothing else, a change of scenery like that is fun for me from a viewing perspective. Coutinho has been selected for Brazil’s June friendlies against Australia and Argentina in Melbourne.
