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'That's my dream' - WWE star Sheamus weighs in on Liverpool hope for new season

With the football season over and the transfer window now open for 2023/24, fans up and down the country have plenty to say on how their team shouold prepare for next term and exactly what they should be aiming for.

WWE wrestler Sheamus is a huge Liverpool fan and, while promoting the Money in the Bank pay per view supershow coming to the UK next month, took time from talking about his frustrations with the current line-up of the card to explain his hopes for the Reds off the back of their disappointing Premier League finish.

"I want to see Trent [Alexander-Arnold] back in midfield," he told us. "I'd also love to see Klopp get a really good right-back because Trent is not a right-back. He's an unbelievable passer of the ball and a better visionary than [Kevin] De Bruyne, that's how good I think Trent is and he's young as well so he's just gonna get better.

"[Darwin] Nunez just needs to find that spark, he creates a lot of assists. Luis Diaz is back. We just need to get that team rocking and rolling again, get the defence shored up and I would love to see them win the league next year. I don't think it's impossible, it's very, very possible."

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Sheamus in action in the ring (Getty Images)

Does he see the treble as a possibility in Liverpool's future? The straight-talking Irishman doesn't care.

He said: "Forget the treble. Forget the European Cup. Forget the FA Cup. Forget the UEFA Cup, I personally don't give a s***e about any of them. I just want to see us win the league.

"That's the one, we really want to get back on track with that, walk before you can run. Liverpool is an incredible business machine, the way they've brought these players in and sold them. You look at Man City. If you have all that money and can throw £100million away on supersub Jack Grealish then obviously money is no object.

"But the Man City side is getting older too, of course they'll just throw another £500m on younger players. I'm not throwing cheap digs, that's just the reality of it.

"But I think Klopp is really smart. I think we're building for the future and I'd just love to see Liverpool win that 20th championship in front of a live crowd and parade it around Anfield. That's my dream."

WWE brings Money In The Bank to The O2 in London on Saturday 1st July, with Friday Night Smackdown coming live from the venue on the night before, Friday, June 30. They will also be at the M&S Bank Arena in Liverpool on June 28. Tickets are still available for all shows on Ticketmaster here.

BT Sport is the home of all WWE programming in the UK and will be showing Money in the Bank live. In previous years it has been shown on BT Sports Box Office 2 for an additional charge. It's also available to subscribers of the WWE Network as part of their existing deal.

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