{"id":616907,"date":"2022-08-28T05:37:32","date_gmt":"2022-08-28T09:37:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=616907"},"modified":"2022-08-28T05:37:32","modified_gmt":"2022-08-28T09:37:32","slug":"liverpool-jurgen-klopp-new-signing-midfielder","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/08\/28\/liverpool-jurgen-klopp-new-signing-midfielder\/","title":{"rendered":"Jurgen Klopp Confirms Liverpool \u2018Are Going for a Midfielder\u2019 Amid Injury Crisis &#8211; They Have Only Five Days to Complete a Deal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/08\/15\/villarreal-set-asking-price-for-arsenal-and-liverpool-teenage-target\/\" target=\"_self\">Liverpool<\/a> manager <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/08\/05\/jurgen-klopp-hints-new-liverpool-signings\/\" target=\"_self\">Jurgen Klopp<\/a> has confirmed his side will search to sign a suitable midfielder before the transfer window closes on September 1.<\/p>\n<h2>Liverpool Have Four Midfielders Missing Through Injury &#8211; A New Addition is Crucial<\/h2>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Liverpool will now try to sign a new midfielder, Jurgen Klopp announces: \u201cYes, I am the one who said we don\u2019t need a midfielder &#8211; and you were all right and I was wrong. Now we are going for a midfielder\u201d. \ud83d\udea8\ud83d\udd34 <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/LFC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#LFC<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe will do something but it has to be the right one\u201d. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/dIvMkExdks\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">pic.twitter.com\/dIvMkExdks<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FabrizioRomano\/status\/1563279791247175680?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">August 26, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h3>Jurgen Klopp Was Apprehensive of New Signings Earlier in the Summer<\/h3>\n<p>When broached on the matter of new arrivals, Klopp said: \u201cYes, I am the one who said we don\u2019t need a midfielder, you were all right and I was wrong.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNow we are going for a midfielder. We will do something but it has to be the right one.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read more<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/08\/25\/uefa-champions-league-draw-2\/\" target=\"_self\">UEFA Champions League Draw &#8211; Liverpool and Rangers Alongside Each Other<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Liverpool\u2019s Injury List Continues to Grow<\/h3>\n<p>Previously, the German coach <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/fabrizioromano\/status\/1558028932439580672?s=21&amp;t=sOlUUBqN6ipiU78Toe6IOQ\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">had said<\/a>: \u201cIt doesn\u2019t look like anything will happen\u201d regarding transfers. However, Liverpool currently have <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/theanfieldtalk\/status\/1562744913283780610?s=21&amp;t=sOlUUBqN6ipiU78Toe6IOQ\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">nine first-team players<\/a> ruled out with injuries, as well as new signing <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/06\/17\/darwin-nunez-transfer-benfica-fans-comment\/\" target=\"_self\">Darwin Nunez<\/a> facing a three-game suspension due to his red card against Crystal Palace.<\/p>\n<p>Four of those injuries are midfielders; Thiago Alcantara, Curtis Jones, Naby Keita and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, all of whom can be deployed in the starting 11 when fit.<\/p>\n<p>Consequently, Klopp lined up against rivals <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/08\/26\/manchester-united-lineup-prediction-vs-southampton\/\" target=\"_self\">Manchester United<\/a> with Jordan Henderson, James Milner and Harvey Elliott in midfield &#8211; an unlikely trio given Milner\u2019s age against United\u2019s youthful attackers and Elliott\u2019s lack of experience in the Premier League. They lost the game 2-1 and displayed a lacklustre performance on the pitch.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read more<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/08\/26\/liverpool-lineup-prediction-bournemouth-clash\/\" target=\"_self\">James Milner Benched &#8211; Liverpool Lineup Prediction vs Bournemouth<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>An Indifferent Start<\/h3>\n<p>The Merseyside team have picked up just one win from their four games so far, although they are the joint-top scorers in the division alongside Manchester City after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/sport\/football\/62614438\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">demolishing Bournemouth<\/a> 9-0 this weekend.<\/p>\n<p>They began the 2022\/2023 league campaign at Craven Cottage to face newly promoted Fulham. Liverpool came from a losing position twice to manage a 2-2 draw on opening day.<\/p>\n<p>Klopp\u2019s side then played their first home game of the season facing <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/07\/02\/england-international-goalkeeper-sam-johnstone-crystal-palace\/\" target=\"_self\">Crystal Palace<\/a> at Anfield. Wilfried Zaha scored against the run of play to make it 1-0 and Patrick Vieira\u2019s men looked comfortable in their efforts to keep Liverpool\u2019s ever-threatening attackers quiet, before a moment of magic from Luis Diaz rescued a point in the 61st minute.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Read more<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2022\/06\/18\/every-premier-league-transfer-completed-in-summer-2022\/\" target=\"_self\">Every Premier League Transfer Completed in Summer 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Whilst Klopp is yet to make his interest clear in a specific midfielder, there are only five days for the club to negotiate terms and oversee a deal for a new arrival &#8211; meaning prices may have increased for players on the market so that their current teams are able to fund a replacement.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp has confirmed his side will search to sign a suitable midfielder before the transfer window closes on September 1. Liverpool Have Four Midfielders Missing Through Injury &#8211; A New Addition is Crucial Liverpool will now try to sign a new midfielder, Jurgen Klopp announces: \u201cYes, I am the one who said [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4249,"featured_media":616960,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[16,3,28],"tags":[126,4319],"class_list":["post-616907","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-liverpool","category-premier-league","category-transfers","tag-jurgen-klopp","tag-liverpool-transfers"],"modified_by":"Nat Goodlad, Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/616907","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4249"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=616907"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/616907\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/616960"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=616907"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=616907"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=616907"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}