Originally Posted by
BOBPAISLEYFAN
Thiago is without doubt a Rolls Royce of a player, that cannot be questioned, but his inability to remain fit, has certainly handicapped his tenure.
It could be argued that Klopp clearly wanted to transition from what was a workmanlike high tempo, but very effective midfield, to a more controlled approach because maybe looking back, he realised that his existing midfield had a very limited shelf life, and so maybe the Thiago signing was the first step to create a new style blueprint of the type of midfielder he wanted his new team to have going forward.
Thiago’s first year @ LFC in the Premier League, was always going to be a difficult transition, especially going from an ultra dominant Bayern Munich in the Bundesliga to a new league that is quicker and far more competitive, especially to a team and a style of play that it could be argued didn’t really play to his strengths.
Thiago’s second year was a far better measure of his talents and he played an integral part in a very effective midfield that was so close, just 2 results away, from achieving a magnificent Quadruple that year.
We all agree that last season was a complete shit show because our whole midfield, seemed to pay the price for the previous seasons efforts, as they all seemed to fail en-masse and Thiago, in his defence, was probably one of the better ones of bad bunch, before he once again succumbed to injury.
Unfortunately for Thiago, this season is a complete write off, so unfortunately on reflection and with hindsight his signing of 4 years ago, hasn’t really worked out for both parties.
However, like I said right at the very start, a fit Thiago is world class and to describe him as any thing else is imho completely wrong, but maybe Thiago’s signing and his subsequent impact on the team, convinced Klopp to prefer the more cultured signings of the likes of Macca, Dom and Gravenberch, rather than the more high energy, high tempo combative midfielder that we have relied on in the past, but ultimately who just kept coming up short in our battles with Man City.
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