Neville disagrees with Carra on Liverpool front three transfer stance

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Gary Neville
Gary Neville

Gary Neville has backed Liverpool to bounce back next season and claims that their famous front three are not ‘done’.

Mohamed Salah, Sadio Mane, and Roberto Firmino have been imperative towards Liverpool’s success in the last four seasons, creating one of the best strike forces in Premier League history.

However, club legend Jamie Carragher believes that it is time for the Reds to make some changes up top.


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Speaking at the start of the month, Carragher said: “People have talked about the forward line being out of form, but it’s been too long now for that [to be used as an argument].

“People keep talking about Liverpool’s problems at centre-back, but their biggest problem is at the other end of the pitch.

“We know that both Virgil van Dijk and Joe Gomez will be back next season. Liverpool’s famous front three, and rightly so, are still there.

“They’ve had the added bonus of Diogo Jota, who’s chipped in with a few goals, but I said this six months ago on Monday Night Football – the front three needed breaking up because no front three is ever together for this long.

“When you look at other great attacking partnerships and front threes from the past, they last probably three years and then you move on.

“Liverpool’s have been together for probably four or five years so it does need breaking up in the summer… That’s where Liverpool need to invest.

“The front three have been amazing but it’s just at that stage now where it needs something else and it must be rectified in the summer when you think of the chances that have been missed this season.”

Carragher’s fellow Sky Sports pundit Neville disagrees, saying: “I am not a great believer in this fact that the front three are done. I still think their performances at a really high level.

“They have performed at such a high level for so many years. Sprinting a million miles that team.”

Neville believes that the Reds difficult season is ‘deserved’ due to their brilliant performances in years prior.

“They deserved a season where they just dipped a little bit. I have no problem with Liverpool dipping a little bit this season,” he told Sky Sports.

“Man City did it last season. No issue with it. Great teams do that every two or three years.”

Liverpool secured Champions League football for next season with a 2-0 win over Crystal Palace on Sunday.

After a turbulent campaign, it will be interesting to see how Liverpool tackle the upcoming transfer market, and whether or not Jurgen Klopp will look to switch up his front three.