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Ever since Gini Wijnaldum left Liverpool, the team has not replaced him

Champions League final last season this season

By Sergio Moya

Champions League final last season this season

Since Gini Wijnaldum left, Liverpool has been trying to find a solution to their midfield issues. Since losing the Dutchman, Liverpool has been exposed, he was the last player capable of covering for Fabinho in the holding midfield position without the Brazilian that's how much of an essential cog Fabinho has been to Jürgen Klopp's Liverpool machine 

Ever since Wijnaldum left the club; they even hurried him back early from an injury to play in the Champions League final last season this season, the effects of that overabundance have been felt. The guy who was previously regarded as one of the greatest in his position, Fabinho has become jaded and a mere shell of his former self.

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Liverpool's midfield would benefit from having a player like Wijnaldum at his best, and the club cannot afford to wait until the summer to bolster its options if it is serious about competing in the Champions League next season. Teun Koopmeiners, who the Reds have "watched in recent months" and who participated in the Dutch national team at the World Cup alongside Cody Gakpo, 

Is one player the club is keeping an eye on, according to I News, Koopmeiners, who is only 24 years old, has drawn attention in Serie A this year and would be the perfect candidate to fill the vacuum left by Wijnaldum at Anfield, He is a strong and technically gifted midfielder who is more like Xabi Alonso in that he is a holding midfielder with great distribution and excellent game reading. 

<strong>He won 56% of his one-on-one defensive duels</strong>

However, he can also play further forward in a box-to-box, attacking midfield role, making him the type of versatile player Klopp loves to work with, He won 56% of his one-on-one defensive duels, according to FBref, and rated in the 87th percentile among his positional peers in the league for tackles attempted and tackles won.

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