David Ornstein has noted that Liverpool, to the best of his knowledge, didn’t come close to completing ‘any/many’ of the deals they were keen on but failed to get over the line.
This comes courtesy of David Ornstein, who took on fan queries in a Q&A for The Athletic.
“I could be wrong, Jack — and of course Liverpool will have explored many deals — but I’m not aware of them coming close to doing any/many they did not complete,” the journalist wrote.
“There was a different dynamic this summer following the departure of Julian Ward and the arrival of Jorg Schmadtke, but it appears the new sporting director collaborated well with Jurgen Klopp and long-term senior recruitment staff such as Dave Fallows and Barry Hunter (I’d assume Will Spearman played an important role on the data side, too).
“I’ve been impressed with their recruits and it feels like this new-look side will be competitive in domestic and potentially European competitions this season.”
It was documented with embarrassing widespreadness just how close the Reds came to landing either one of Moises Caicedo or Romeo Lavia, with a late dive for the former having devasting consequences for their pursuit of the latter.
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Given how our own signings have taken to life in the Premier League, however, one might imagine there won’t be many sleepless nights being had by our recruitment team following the summer’s dealings.
That’s not to suggest we in any way shape or form consider the Ecuadorian – and certainly not his Belgian teammate in light of his horrific injury misfortune – duds at their new outfits.
That said, one can only wonder what must be going on inside their heads when glancing over to contrastingly richer pastures over at Anfield where both Dominik Szoboszlai and Alexis Mac Allister have hit the ground running.
Ryan Gravenberch and Wataru Endo, based on recent evidence, don’t appear to be far off either!
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