😂 He is talented. Why else would Klopp want an injury laden guy? As far as his strength goes he is strong. Really good at getting low when fighting for position. Great lower center of gravity strength. I think the playing badly part is lack of playing time in one position. If he comes in and we make him a left back I could see him bringing more athleticism and speed to a position where we are limited in both right now. He is a very capable MF who can push the action and can even play forward with his speed for us in pinch. Does it blow my mind if we sign him it doesn't work out? Nope. But I can also see him being very productive for us. I think he is worth the gamble.
But yet we won't make an offer for him despite him having 1 year left on his contract, can't want him that badly.
Why would we have him as LB?! He struggles enough to defend on the right, let alone on his weaker side. Not to mention we already have one player playing there out of position, we don't need another.
He brings pace, that's it. He gets very few goals and very few assists so it's not like we would be signing him to unlock stubborn defences. I really can't see where he would fit in, we have a fair number of attacking players, stocked in CM with potentially Keita arriving too and that leaves us with the defence, to which signing Ox wouldn't turn our defensive fortunes around in the slightest.
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