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Alla Zakarian

18-04-2021 | 19:17 Football
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Souness accuses Klopp favourite of disrupting Liverpool squad amid exit talk


Graeme Souness has declared an entire section of the Liverpool squad requires a “rebuild”. Liverpool have endured a nightmare defence of their Premier League title. The club’s three first-choice centre-halves are all currently sidelined with significant injuries. That placed greater responsibility on the shoulders of Jurgen Klopp’s faithful midfield general, Georginio Wijnaldum. The 30-year-old has been linked with a move to Barcelona, as he is nearing free agency. Souness believes that has hindered the Reds’ season to some degree. Writing in his column for the Sunday Times, the Liverpool great declared: “Injuries have hurt Liverpool badly, but they have not played with the same intensity either. Some players have felt sorry for themselves. “They’ve not responded as well as Jurgen Klopp would have expected or wanted them to. They felt it wasn’t their year and have meekly accepted that. “They need to rebuild their midfield — it’s the catalyst for their pressing. People talk about the strikers, but a lot of their success was based on getting the ball back so quickly because of Georginio Wijnaldum, Jordan Henderson, James Milner and Fabinho putting a shift in. “Wijnaldum is leaving for Barcelona and I’m not sure how I’d have reacted to a player who made it clear he was off, how that goes down in a dressing-room. The players may make a joke of it, but it also may not sit well with all of them. “He’s not played with the same intensity this season. Henderson has been absent with injuries, Naby Keïta has not shown he can step up, Milner’s another year older. Fabinho’s often filled in at centre back and Thiago Alcantara has come into a team that’s been huffing and puffing.”
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