Liverpool FC legend John Aldridge has called upon his old club to spend money this coming January on additional centre-back reinforcements on the back of injury concerns growing in Jurgen Klopp’s first-team ranks at Anfield.
Joel Matip joined the ever-increasing list of injured defensive stars in Klopp’s side with the Cameroonian international sustained a back spasm during last week’s 1-1 draw against Fulham at Craven Cottage.
Prior to Matip’s recent layoff, Joe Gomez and Virgil van Dijk had already been on the receiving end of potential season-ending injuries leaving Jurgen Klopp with extremely limited options to field in the heart of his backline.
According to reports from Goal, Aldridge said that the Merseyside Reds must be active in the winter transfer window to bring in a senior central defender as further reinforcements to last season’s title-winning squad.
“Joel Matip going off injured at Fulham just proved again that we have to buy once the transfer window opens because, as well as the young kids have done, you can’t be having a situation like we have at the moment where the only fit centre half is actually a midfield player.
“Fabinho has done brilliantly, there’s no doubt about that, but there are times when we do need him in midfield.
“There’s less pressure on the back four when you’ve got someone of his calibre protecting in front of them and I think there’s definitely games when we’ve missed him in the middle of the park.
“So it makes sense, if the club can find the right deal, to get another senior defender in because it will take the pressure off in both areas of the field and give us a better chance to get the business end of this unique season still in the hunt for honours.”
Jurgen Klopp’s outfit continues to be linked with a number of names across the continent, with Brighton’s Ben White and Schalke first-teamer Ozan Kabak leading the shortlist for Liverpool FC’s expected business in the January window.
