The race for top-four was one of the fiercest this time around in the English top flight as the two heavyweights in Arsenal and Liverpool were engaged in a fistfight right until the last game of the season. There had to be one winner and it was Liverpool who had the last laugh and secured a Champions League spot.
The unadulterated passion, exuberance and tenacity of Jurgen Klopp and his troops paid off as they carved a return to the grandest European competition wherein they will have the opportunity to lock horns with the elites of the continent.
Klopp isn’t unfamiliar to the fact that his side will have to meet the endeavours in the European top division and at the same time impose themselves as a solid contender for league silverware as well other domestic competitions.
Bolstering the squad over the course of the summer transfer window shall hold paramount importance and without any shadow of a doubt, the Reds faithful must have started to expect by now the arrival of a galvanising name to the club. Apparently, the former Borussia Dortmund boss is striving in the same direction and is attempting to lure Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang to Anfield.
The Gabon forward is one of the finest strikers in the business and his finishing skills alongside his constant knack to find the back of the net has afforded him with a lot of limelight. He has cemented his stature as a bulldozing force whilst the counter attacks from his side, with his appealing movements on and off the ball, further boosting his exceptional calibre.
The former Saint-Etienne poacher loves to test opposition goalkeepers from a fair amount of distance, is sound aerially and gets his job done with quite a spectacular aura. Aubameyang is a polished star now and his price tag of around £55million makes complete sense.
The 27-year-old registered a stellar campaign under the tutelage of Thomas Tuchel this season, banging 31 goals and registering two assists in 32 German Bundesliga appearances. Besides, he also garnered seven goals and an assist to his name in nine Champions League appearances and no wonder why he is valued in gold at this stroke of the hour.
With a move to arguably the toughest football league in the world, Aubameyang will have the opportunity of proving his mettle in a habitat with much more animosity as compared to the Bundesliga and help Liverpool in their quest of making themselves a decorated club once again.
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