Former Liverpool midfielder Danny Murphy has made a bold statement by claiming that only two members of the Reds squad are good enough to start for Manchester City. According to an interview conducted by talkSPORT, as reported by Sportsmole, Murphy reckons that there are only two players from Jurgen Klopp’s team who can find a place in Pep Guardiola’s starting XI at the Etihad Stadium.
The Merseyside club has been touted by many to push City in the Premier League title race next season after they made some big-money acquisitions over the summer. Klopp has managed to bring in Naby Keita from RB Leipzig, Fabinho from AS Monaco, Xherdan Shaqiri from Stoke City and Alisson Becker from AS Roma so far in this ongoing transfer window.
However, Murphy is far from convinced and believes that only Mohamed Salah and Virgil Van Dijk are good enough to play in the Citizens’ first-team. In a recent interview with talkSPORT, the 41-year-old was quoted to have said,
“Fabinho, [Naby] Keita, Alisson [Becker] are all good players and they give Liverpool strength in depth and competition for places, which does increase performance, but would any of those players get in City’s team?
“Salah and Van Dijk would get in City’s team. Other than that, probably no others. You can’t base your transfer policy on buying better players than City have. It is nearly impossible. You can’t buy a better player than [Kevin] De Bruyne in midfield, so you have to compete in a different way.
“What I like that Klopp has done is he has signed quality where he has needed it – the middle of the park they were lacking – there is great competition for places and he did it early. [Xherdan] Shaqiri is a good ‘un as well. That is not bad business the money they have spent there.
“He had a good World Cup and he will create competition for places. Liverpool have done really well and will bridge the gap with City.”
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The Mancunian giants have already started the new campaign on a positive note after beating Chelsea 2-0 in the Community Shield last weekend. Let’s see whether Murphy is right and if City can see off a title challenge from Liverpool to claim another Premier League trophy next year.
