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In its 126 years of existence, Liverpool has won 5 European Cups, 3 UEFA Cups, 3 UEFA Super Cups, 18 League titles, 7 FA Cups, 8 League Cups, and 15 FA Community Shields. Liverpool was a major force in European football in the 1970s and 1980s. Liverpool has been the most successful English team in the UEFA Champions League, having it won 5 times. Liverpool last won the Champions League in 2005, which had been one of the most incredible comebacks in the respective competition.
Liverpool is the second most successful league team in the history of English football but in the Premier League era, they have never got their hands on the title. Since then Liverpool has come close to winning the Premier League a number of times but have not been able to do so.
Back in 2014, they had the best chance of putting that right. The Liverpool team was incredible and consisted of quality attacking, led by Luis Suarez, Daniel Sturridge and Raheem Sterling. Since then, Liverpool has been yearning to bring the Premier League title back to Anfield.
Here are three key transfers that can contribute to realizing that dream for Liverpool:
#1 Naby Keita
Naby Keita is a Guinean professional footballer, who plays as a central midfielder for Liverpool and he captains the Guinea national team. Naby Keita started his career at his hometown club Horoya AC when he was just nine. He became known to people when he joined Red Bull Salzburg of Austria which was his first top division side.
He made his top division league debut against Wiener Neustadt. Keita ended the season with 5 goals and two assists, winning the league and cup double. He was even selected as the Austrian Bundesliga Player of the year in 2015. He moved to Red Bull Salzburg sister-club RB Leipzig, who had just been promoted to the German Bundesliga.
Liverpool grabbed the opportunity and on 28 August 2017, it was announced that a deal had been agreed with RB Leipzig for Keita to join Liverpool on 1 July 2018 after Liverpool triggered his £48 million release clause in addition to paying an undisclosed premium which was later revealed as £9 million.
Naby Keita is just 23, which can really make a huge difference to the Liverpool team. He has experience playing football almost for 15 years, which will help Liverpool immensely. With Keita standing 5'8", his strong physique as well as his early passes and chipped through-balls will be a very good advantage for Liverpool.
He has become a national hero and a global star through the central role he played in Leipzig's stunning start to Bundesliga. Michel Dussuyer, the man who handed Keita his Guinea debut in 2014, described him as 'complete number 8'. Naby Keita is a perfect fit to Jurgen Klopp's style of attacking play.
#2 Fabinho
Fábio Henrique Tavares, also known as Fabinho, is a Brazilian professional footballer who plays as a right-back or as a defensive midfielder for Premier League club Liverpool and the Brazilian national team. Fabinho began his career at Fluminense, but left the club without making an appearance.
He joined Primeira Liga side Rio Ave on a six-year deal. He was loaned to Real Madrid on July 19. He made his debut for Real Madrid in 2013 and assisted a goal in their 6-2 victory over Malaga.
Fabinho joined Monaco on a season-long loan deal in 2013. After completing his one-year loan at Monaco, he rejoined the club on loan for another year before agreeing on a permanent deal to Monaco. Liverpool signed Fabinho on a long-term contract on May 28, 2018 for at a fee of €50 million with a maximum of €5m in further add-ons.
Fabinho is just 24 years, which can be very important given the physicality and toughness of competition. Fabinho is a different kind of player. He started his career as a full-back but his switch to midfield has been a triumph.
At 6ft 2in, he will be able to provide good protection for the Liverpool defence. He ranked among the top three tacklers in France and also among the top six for total passes too. There is more to Fabinho's game than that. He can also operate as a number six or number eight. He will make forward passes too. Klopp explained that he is technically strong as well as football smart when he was signed.
Such a type of all-round player can certainly boost the chances of Liverpool winning Premier League title after a long period of 28 years.
#3 Xherdan Shaqiri
Xherdan Shaqiri is a Swiss professional football player, who plays as a winger for Liverpool and the Swiss national team. He started his career at FC Basel, winning three Swiss Super League titles, before moving to Bayern Munich, where he received eight domestic and international honours, despite playing very less.
In January 2015, he moved to Inter Milan for €15 million and later to Stoke City for a club record of £12 million. Shaqiri has been a regular player for the Swiss national team since 2010, earning a total of 70 caps. He represented the nation in 2010, 2014, 2018 Fifa World Cups as well as Uefa Euro 2016.
Liverpool signed Shaqiri from Stoke City at £14 million, which is relatively cheap, given the huge quality he has. This signing could be a good value for money.
Liverpool's Mane, Salah and Firminio scored a total of 91 goals in all competitions last term. When any one of the three players misses out, Liverpool is not as much as effective as when these three players play together.
Shaqiri would add depth to wide areas. Shaqiri can feature on both the left and the right side of a front three, which will be a huge advantage for Klopp's Liverpool. Liverpool needs kind of player who can not only play on the flanks, but he will also score a lot of goals. He has shown that he is capable of scoring some of the best goals. Shaqiri is just 26 which further adds more strength to Liverpool's attack.
