Liverpool target Thiago Alcantara has confirmed that he won’t be leaving Bayern Munich.
This is a rather surprising turn of events, because Thiago was strongly speculated to come to Liverpool.
However, the Liverpool target himself has confirmed that he shall be staying at his current club and is not going to leave anytime soon. He has been at Bayern since 2013 and has had 40 caps in the last season – especially when Bayern won the Champions League.
“I only think about the game against Ukraine. Afterwards, we will see,” Thiago told ZDF. “Bayern is my home and I am happy to be there.”
However, football pundit Jamie Redknapp seems to think that Liverpool would have greatly benefitted with Thiago’s arrival.
“We’ve often spoken about how good Liverpool’s midfield are, how hard-working they are, but sometimes they maybe lack that bit of finesse and that little bit of quality,” Redknapp told Sky Sports.
“Thiago would give them something completely different, he’s one of the best midfield players in the world. He dictates the play, plays at his own pace.
“Sometimes, especially when you go to tough places in the Premier League, you cannot beat teams by going 100 mph all the time, you need a little bit of finesse and for someone to do things differently.
“Many years ago Liverpool had midfield players like Ronnie Whelan and Jan Molby who could just slow the game down and play at a tempo that suited them, Thiago could do that.
“We saw him in the Champions League final where he completely bossed the game, had so many touches of the ball and made the game look easy.”
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