Give us the Premier League now, Mac Allister's statement that scares Manchester City

Alexis Mac Allister is living the dream. The 24-year-old is currently in China with the Argentina national team for two friendlies and to continue enjoying the third star he won in Qatar, but he is about to start a new sporting life at Liverpool in England. "It's a joy to come to the biggest club in the country," said the Argentinian midfielder, who noted that it is "crazy" the way the fans cheer him on. "It's the closest thing to the Boca fans. I feel like Liverpool is the Boca of England," the player compared.

Before signing a contract with his new English club after a successful spell at Brighton, Mac Allister had a chat with manager Jurgen Klopp that convinced him. "I saw the desire he had to have me and that was very important," he told ESPN just after returning from training with the national team. "We talked about football, how I see it and his desire to keep winning," he recalled. He spent four years at his first English club, although his breakthrough came in the last one, scoring 12 goals and playing 40 games in the same season he won the World Cup. That prompted Liverpool to pay 42 million euros for his transfer.

The Reds' newest recruit emphasised that he wants to make "the most" of this opportunity at Liverpool. He already knows that as soon as he joins the club, the number 10 shirt will be waiting for him. He decided to do so himself after the authorities offered him several possibilities, among them the number 8: "It's just a number, but in football it's important".

Mac Allister's words

In a previous interview with the Daily Mail, he had elaborated: "My life is the same old boring life. I train, I go home, I sit on the sofa, I drink mate, I watch football. It's the same life. They recognise me more, that's true. I'm from a city called La Pampa and six months before the World Cup, I was in the middle of the airport there and only one person recognised me. After the World Cup, I went back to La Pampa and there were 20,000 people waiting for me at the airport. So that was a life-changing event.