Liverpool FC plans to borrow Erling Haaland’s goal from Manchester United, which Jurgen Klopp’s team considers The Long-Term Replacement of Roberto Firmino.
Reds boss Klopp is desperate to get a striker on his team, especially after his recent 7-2 Premier League defeat, German media outlet Don Balon reports.
Firmino, who has been connected with Liverpool since 2015, is said to be one of Klopp’s favorites for Anfield. While Firmino remains an important cog on Liverpool’s side, Klopp’s drastic goal drop worries Klopp. In five games in the current 2020-21 campaign, the Brazilian forward has yet to score a goal, having controlled just 12 goals in all competitions last season, totaling nine in the Premier League.
There were many cases last season in which Firmino excelled: the 29-year-old Brazilian striker won his first FIFA Club World Cup in Liverpool in a single time last year, where he scored the winning goal in the semi-finals and the purpose of the final. Qatar.
Liverpool have had a defensive start in the Premier League as the Reds are lately fifth in qualifying after winning four and wasting one. Klopp, looking to get a striker next to him, decided on Haaland. The Norwegian striker was strongly connected to Man Utd, the January 2020 movement window, however, the talented 20-year-old striker landed at Klopp’s former club, Borussia Dortmund.
Haaland, who has already scored 21 goals in 23 games for Dortmund since making his Bundesliga debut in January, has a special clause in his current contract with the German club. Haaland’s agent, Mino Raiola, inserted a clause into the player’s contract when Dortmund joined from RB Salzburg: The young forward can leave Dortmund in 2022 if a club meets his $ 82 million clause.
Dortmund’s Norwegian teenager Erling Braut Haa was the first player to score a hat-trick on the bench on his Bundesliga debut in January. Photo: AFP / THOMAS KIENZLE
Don Balon’s report also indicated that Klopp may cause Haaland’s release clause while seeking to replace tactics on the field. Haaland’s more direct career and physical presence can provide a new technique to Liverpool’s existing attack that is almost exposed to some of his attacks. Haaland’s fatal game can also be from the extremes Sadio Mane and Mohamed Salah.