Why doesn’t Liverpool buy this? 24 years old, second in the Premier League scorer list, worth 22 million

If we say that after defeating Aston Villa 2:0 at home in the 10th round of the Premier League to end their 4-game losing streak, and defeating the title contending Real Madrid 1:0 at home in the 4th round of the UEFA Champions League, many people still have hope for Liverpool to defend the Premier League title. So after losing 0:3 to Manchester City in the 11th round of the Premier League away game, I'm afraid there is no hope.

Liverpool’s current problems are difficult to describe in one word. The problems on both ends of the offense and defense are obvious. Xia Chuang invested heavily in signings, but it had no effect. Wirtz, the powerful offensive midfielder in the Bundesliga, has obviously not adapted to the Premier League yet. Last season's Premier League silver boot Isaac had no formal training or games in the summer. He had to find his form when he came to Liverpool, and there were also potential injuries. Ekitic is stronger, but he is not as powerful a center as Haaland, and his statistics in the Bundesliga were average.

Among the veterans, Salah on the offensive end and Van Dijk on the defensive end have declined significantly. As the Premier League Golden Boot last season, he currently has 5 goals and 3 assists in 16 games this season, which is not too bad, but it is far from enough to compete for the championship. The 34-year-old Van Dijk is obviously past his prime, and he is responsible for many goals conceded. At the goalkeeper position, Alisson is old and suffers frequent injuries. The young Mamardashvili is obviously not up to the level of a top goalkeeper.

To compete for the championship, is it more important to have a good center forward or a good goalkeeper? Of course they are all important.

Today's Manchester City has improved greatly compared to last season. Center Haaland is currently in great form and goalkeeper Donnarumma is also at the top level in the world.

Liverpool is not the only one who misjudged the new center player.

Former Leipzig center Sheshko, whom Manchester United invested 85 million euros in, has performed no better than Isaac since he came to the Premier League. Amorim's team is not bad in offense at present, but the bad thing is actually in defense.

The former Portuguese Super League golden boot Jokeres introduced by Arsenal has contributed 6 goals in 14 games, but basically all of them are scored by "abuse". He has basically made no contribution against strong teams. However, Arteta's team is currently overall good in offense and defense. Whether Jocles scores a goal or not has little impact.

Liverpool, Arsenal, and Manchester United may all regret why they didn’t think of Igor Thiago in Xia Chuang.

It is difficult for small clubs like Brentford to retain stars, and they are also willing to sell stars at high prices. In the summer window, Brentford sold main forward Mbemo to Manchester United for 75 million euros, and another forward Visa to Newcastle for 57.7 million euros. Currently, they have 16 points from 11 games, 5 wins, 1 draw, and 5 losses, ranking twelfth in the Premier League standings. They are only 2 points less than Tottenham, Aston Villa, Manchester United, Liverpool, and Bournemouth in the fifth to ninth places. The current results can be said to be quite good.

The top scorer Igor Thiago currently ranks second in the Premier League scorer list with 8 goals, only behind Haaland who scored 14 goals. The 24-year-old Brazilian center Igor Thiago is 191cm tall and worth 22 million euros. After joining Brentford in the summer window of 2024, due to injuries and very little playing time, he naturally failed to attract the attention of wealthy teams in the summer window. According to the current momentum, if you want to introduce him again, the transfer fee will not be low.