{"id":549,"date":"2016-07-11T13:10:12","date_gmt":"2016-07-11T13:10:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.andcouldheplay.com\/?p=549"},"modified":"2016-07-13T11:16:57","modified_gmt":"2016-07-13T11:16:57","slug":"liverpool-football-club-pre-season-so-far","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.andcouldheplay.com\/liverpool-football-club-pre-season-so-far\/","title":{"rendered":"Liverpool Football Club: Pre-Season So Far"},"content":{"rendered":"
Let\u2019s be honest, a 1-0 win over Tranmere doesn\u2019t tell us much. Most Merseysiders might have a soft spot for the Wirral-based club, but they\u2019re not even in the Football League any more so they were never really going to put up much of a fight. Aside from the match, though, much has been going on at Liverpool Football Club.<\/p>\n
It is now just over eight weeks since the end of the 2015-2016 Premier League season and just under four weeks until the start of the 2016-2017 campaign. It seems like a good time, then, to check in and see how the club\u2019s pre-season preparations are going. How\u2019s the squad looking? What\u2019s going on behind the scenes? Are we ready to mount a challenge on the Premier League title? I\u2019ve had a look.<\/p>\n
There are many, many things that influence how a football club plays and copes with the demands of a Premier League season, but there\u2019s little question that one of the key components to any degree of success is the squad that will take to the field. With more than a few signings already done and dusted, what state is J\u00fcrgen Klopp\u2019s squad in and what other changes can we expect to see in the coming weeks?<\/p>\n
As I have discussed in greater detail in my transfer rumour blogs of late, Liverpool have quietly done exactly what we need them to do so far this transfer window. It\u2019s true that the likes of Manchester City and Manchester United have been bringing in big names that sound scary and worrying, but the Reds have decided against the method of big names in favour of fortifying the positions that need to be fortified.<\/p>\n
Leicester City burst the bubble of modern football when they won the league title last season. They showed everyone that you can achieve incredible things if you have a team that can work together rather than a side filled with talented individuals. If any set of supporters should be excited by that right now then it\u2019s Liverpool fans. We have a manager who believes in exactly that quality from his team, combined with owners who prefer building a collective to buying in world-class superstars.<\/p>\n