Liverpool have missed a trick by not signing a versatile player who can play in multiple positions this summer – someone like Manchester United cult hero John O’Shea.
This is according to Joe Cole, the former Reds midfielder, who joined the Drivetime team in the talkSPORT studio on Tuesday afternoon to preview the upcoming season.
He discussed other clubs he played for, such as Chelsea and West Ham, before praising Jurgen Klopp for the work he has done at Anfield over the past few years.
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Cole, who made 42 appearances for Liverpool during a year-and-a-half with the club, said: “You’ve got to give massive credit to Jurgen Klopp for the way he assembled that team, and the mountains they climbed to be champions of Europe.”
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However, the former England international believes there is one thing Klopp should have done this summer to ensure Liverpool don’t drop off during 2019/20 and fail to replicate their challenge for a first ever Premier League title.
“There is nothing glaring in Liverpool’s side where you think they need that to get to the next level, because they are strong everywhere,” Cole continued, “but I think maybe if there was an opportunity to bring someone in just to keep that rolling within the club…
“But maybe Klopp has not seen anyone who fits the character of his team.
“You don’t win titles when it’s that tight with just your first XI; there will be games when [Jordan] Henderson has to come out the team, whether because of injury or suspension or something. So who is going to do Henderson’s role?
“If [Virgil] van Dijk was to come out the game for a few weeks…
“They just need someone who could come into the team and fill different roles.
“Someone like at Manchester United, who had John O’Shea. What a great player he was, playing at left-back, right-back, centre-half, central midfielder.
“It’s a player you can rely on just to strengthen the squad and keep it going. But for one reason or not Liverpool have not really added any senior players.”
Liverpool have so far signed just two players this summer, neither of whom are expected to play a role in Klopp’s first-team for the upcoming season.
Sepp van den Berg was brought in from PEC Zwolle for around £1.3million, and the young teenage defender was joined on Merseyside by England starlet Harvey Elliott last week.
Both players are likely to spend 2019/20 in the Reds’ underage sides, meaning no additions have been made to the senior squad with just over a week to go before the transfer window closes.