A number of Liverpool fans have expressed their opposition to the club’s reported interest in Barcelona winger Ousmane Dembele, citing the France international’s alarming injury record.
According to Spanish media outlet Sport, the Reds are preparing a transfer offer of €90m (around £80m) for the 22-year-old, of whom Jurgen Klopp reportedly an admirer from his time at Borussia Dortmund. The story was shared on Twitter via @LFCTransferRoom.
Liverpool are prepared to table a £80M offer for Barcelona winger Ousmane Dembele. Jürgen Klopp considers the Frenchman an ideal reinforcement for his attack. [@SPORT] pic.twitter.com/PIq1jA3sTv
— LFC Transfer Room (@LFCTransferRoom) March 29, 2020
Dembele cost Barcelona €105m (£96.83m) plus add-ons when they signed him from the Bundesliga club in 2017 but he has managed only 19 goals in 74 games for the Catalan giants, with a sizeable portion of his Camp Nou career spent in the treatment room. He missed half of 2017/18 with a hamstring injury and suffered a recurrence in November which has sidelined him ever since and is set to keep him out until August at the earliest (as per TransferMarkt).
One disparaging Liverpool fan on Twitter mocked him as “Naby Keita 2.0”, a reference to the injury-prone Guinea midfielder at Anfield who has been plagued with fitness problems over the past 12 months and cost £52.75m from RB Leipzig in 2018 (as per Sky Sports).
These Reds supporters aren’t keen on having Dembele at Anfield due to his multiple long-term injury problems:
For an injury prone pouter? Behave
— Red CodeX Concepts (Keep Safe) (@CodeRedShell) March 29, 2020
Does he come with crutches?
— Bryan (@globberson) March 29, 2020
Don’t we have enough injury prone players already ?
— ?????? (@LFC_Karan) March 29, 2020
Will be Naby Keita 2.0
— stricky (@strickyfootball) March 29, 2020
Waste of money, injury history and attitude a nightmare.
— Chimezie Okeke (@okekemezie1) March 29, 2020
Please don’t buy another Sturridge, please don’t
— luckyLFC® (@maninderkamboj) March 29, 2020
He’s injury prone, has a bad attitude and would rather play Fifa all day. Wouldn’t get in our first team and has done nothing to justify the €100m Barca paid for him. There’s better, cheaper options out there.
— ScottyLFC ??????? (@Woolpudlian) March 30, 2020
No thanks. Too injury prone.
— Jake ? (@deftonesjake) March 29, 2020
Liverpool fans, should Dembele’s injury record instantly detract the Reds from even considering his purchase? Comment below with your views!