Steve McManaman doesn't think Liverpool will bring any new signings into the squad despite calls by some fans for a new midfielder to be signed this summer. Inter Milan's Nico Barella is one player who has been linked with a move to Anfield alongside long-term target Jude Bellingham.
Jurgen Klopp broke his silence on the calls for a new signing as he leapt to the defence of the current midfielders in his squad. The German also hinted at a potential move for Bellingham next summer, when Dortmund are thought to be more willing to sell.
Meanwhile, McManaman, who made 364 appearances for Liverpool in a nine-year spell with the club, doesn't believe that Italian midfielder Barella is a realistic signing for the Reds as things stand.
The former Liverpool winger has highlighted how Barella wouldn't be coming in to fill the role of the departed Takumi Minamino, before touching on the chances Fabio Carvalho, Harvey Elliott and Curtis Jones may get in the first team this season.
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When speaking to Horseracing.net, McManaman said: "Takumi Minamino is gone but I don’t think that is a space that Barella will fill, and I don’t necessarily think Liverpool will bring anyone else in. Liverpool’s business is done unless one of Liverpool’s fringe midfielders goes in and says ‘I want to leave’.
"Of course, Fabio Carvalho, the young kid, has come in and you’ve got Harvey Elliott and Curtis Jones and you’ve got the experienced players. So unless one of those experienced players says they want to leave, I can’t see Liverpool bringing another midfielder in right now, only because they seem to have so many: Naby Keïta, James Milner, Thiago, Jordan Henderson, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, Fabinho.
"And then you talk about Carvalho, Elliott, Jones. And then of course people are talking about next year with Jude Bellingham, so it just doesn’t make any sense at this moment in time, unless one of them leaves.”
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