Former goalkeeper Shay Given has made a bizarre claim about Liverpool and Newcastle players.
The Reds take on Newcastle on Saturday evening in their next match in the Premier League. Liverpool go into the game on the back of a much-needed victory over Everton in the Merseyside derby on Monday night.
Liverpool are currently in ninth place in the league and nine points adrift of fourth-placed Newcastle. However, the Reds do have a game in hand over the next opponents.
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Ahead of the game, former Manchester City goalkeeper Given has claimed that only two Liverpool players would get into the current Newcastle team. Given made 463 appearances for Newcastle during his career, and reckons only Mohamed Salah and Virgil van Dijk would be the only two Reds to get into Eddie Howe’s current side.
“It’s mad what’s happening with Liverpool – last season we were talking about them doing the quadruple and suggesting that they were one of the best teams ever. You wonder how they’ve fallen off a cliff so much, they’re a mid-table side now,” Given told Leo Vegas.
“Alisson is a brilliant keeper, but Nick Pope gets the nod for all his clean sheets this season. I’d have [Kieran] Trippier at right-back, who’s having a great season. Virgil van Dijk and Sven Botman would be my centre-backs, with Dan Burn, on current form, at left-back.
“Their midfielders are all struggling currently, so I’d have Joelinton, Joe Willock, and Bruno Guimaraes. At the other end of the pitch, I’d go with Mohamed Salah on the right side, Callum Wilson up top, and Anthony Gordon on the left.”
“I know 90% of the team is Newcastle players, but on current form, I think it’s correct!”
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