Popular pundit, Mark Lawrenson has come out to urge Liverpool to sign a ready-made replacement for Virgil van Dijk.
Mark recently revealed that Wolves’ Conor Coady has enough EPL experience to fill in for Van Dijk since he has proven himself in the league for years.
According to him, he feels Virgil will be out for the season so it be wise of Liverpool to pay big money for someone in January to improve the defence.
He added that signing Ben White would be hasty because he is still not ready to play for a club as big as the Reds.
His words, “I would think Virgil will be out for the season,”
“I think it’s a write-off because you’ve got to get match fit and that’s almost impossible nowadays because they don’t play reserve team football.
“If Liverpool are going to pay big money for somebody in January, they want absolutely ready-made. Conor Coady has had loads of shouts and he is a very good organiser who has played lots of games in the Premier League.”
On Ben White, “Maybe it might be a bit early for Ben. Would you spend that money thinking he might be ready in 18 months? I’m not sure,”
“But the great thing for the lad is he is going to have a fabulous future. It wouldn’t surprise me if, 18 months or two years down the line, he goes somewhere big, in inverted commas. Whether it is Liverpool remains to be seen, but one thing with Klopp is he doesn’t give a damn how old you are.”
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