Hamann insists Thiago is slowing Liverpool down
The reigning Premier League champions snatched the Spaniard from Bayern Munich this summer for a $24.20m fee. After a coronavirus diagnosis and an unfortunate injury, the playmaker has recently returned to full fitness.
The former
Liverpool
midfielder believes their summer signing wasn’t efficient enough, he told Stadium Astro:
“He hasn’t played much, he has been injured.
“We have seen some of the best players in Europe take a few weeks or months adapt to the English game. I think we will see a better Thiago.
“Liverpool have always been a team that plays the ball forward quickly. I know teams sit back against them, but that doesn’t mean that slowing the game down helps them.
“Thiago is a player that always wants to be in possession, he gets 120 touches in a game, and when he wants the ball, the defenders and full-backs will be trying to give it to him because they know he is a playmaker.
“The time they lose in giving him the ball is time they lose in giving it to Salah or Mane quickly. Liverpool have always been at their most devastating when the ball has got to Mane and Salah quickly.
“The earlier they get the ball, the more timer they have to turn and run at a defender. Mane and Salah are virtually unstoppable when they are running at defenders at pace.
“The dynamics of the team will change and I’m not sure whether that change will be for the better with him [Thiago] in the team. He’s a brilliant player, there is no doubt about it, but whether he is a player that Liverpool need, I’m not too sure.”
Liverpool
will face the
Spurs
away from home on Tuesday as they are hoping to break their poor run of results.
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