Liverpool narrowly missed out on the title last season – but what are the pundits predicting for Jurgen Klopp’s side in the 2022-23 Premier League season?
The Reds have added Darwin Nunez, Fabio Carvalho and Calvin Ramsay but the likes of Sadio Mane and Divock Origi have left the club this summer.
Here, we’ve rounded up what 16 pundits make of Liverpool’s summer business and what it will mean for their hopes in 2022-23.
Jamie Carragher
Speaking on the Overlap, Carragher admitted City were favourites for the league title but pointed out two possible advantages for his old side.
“I think, there’s a couple of things that I’m maybe hanging on to with Liverpool is the fact that I think once Virgil van Dijk was up to speed last season – you got the first three or four months out of the season – in the second half of the season, him and the goalkeeper [Alisson Becker] were absolutely what you would expect them to be and what they’ve been for the last three or four years.
“If you get them [Liverpool] at their best, at the very sort of start at the season, and don’t forget, every season van Dijk has been at Liverpool a full season, Liverpool have got over 90 points and the other thing is that Liverpool have got sort of three or four top players.”
When asked about the potential impact of the World Cup, Carragher added: “I don’t know about City to be honest; it might be the same, not going to the World Cup. So, Luis Díaz is not going, [Mohamed] Salah’s not going.
“I don’t really know City, but there’s a few decent players sort of from Liverpool I think, you know, could that make a difference in the second half of the season.”
Gary Neville
You wouldn’t expect Neville to give Liverpool any sort of public backing and the former Manchester United defender has predictably questioned the Red’s chances this year.
Speaking on the Overlap, Neville said: “I don’t think that, hand on heart, you could say that Liverpool have got stronger, because Mane was unbelievable.
“I don’t think that you can say that Liverpool are going to be weaker, but you can definitely say City are going to be equal to last season if not better.”
He unsurprisingly thinks City will win the league by a ‘big margin’.
Micah Richards
Asked by the Daily Mail whether anybody could stop his beloved City from winning a third successive league title, Richards replied: “Yes – and I say that without hesitation. We saw one of the tightest title…
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