Who would you drop from the current first 11, for him?
He could be another Fabinho. 50 million quid, supposed to walk straight into the side, he's been on the bench scratching himself all season, while he "adjusts" to the way we play. When he had his chance in this game, he was anonymous. Other Klopp signings have hit the ground running on Day 1, even Shaqiri, with limited pre-season. So why hasn't he?
If you look at ox and Robertson, klopp gave each lengthy spells on the bench before he introduced them to the starting 11. I wouldn't be too concerned over Fabinho just yet. Klopp hasn't spent that sort of money on him just for the sake of it.
Keita has been benched a couple of times this season too but he is still the best midfielder we have on our books.
Fekir falls in the same category. Fekir is a better attacking midfielder than any other player we have at our club right now.
Shaqiri on the other hand plays in either salahs or manes positions and both are better players than him.
If you were picking your strongest 11 right now (presuming everybody is fit and available) to go to Chelsea tomorrow, would shaqiri be in your team? He wouldn't be in mine mate. If we had fekir, he would be though (usually).
To answer your question i wouldn't drop any of the current 11 right now. I would never change a winning team and the lads who are playing are doing a fantastic job.
For example I've always liked James Milner, but this season he's gone up another level and has made himself undroppable for the time being. I didn't see that coming. I also didn't see Wijnaldum starting most games in the 6 position and flourishing too. He is another one who has risen his game. It's like those two players have looked at Keita and Fabinho and said well good luck trying to get my shirt off me.
However. Looking at things long term then my midfield three would be Fabinho, Keita and fekir. I think that would be jurgens too because why else would he spend big money on them?
There's no right or wrong answers though. Klopp likes to rotate and different players start in different games. But back to the original point, I personally would prefer fekir over shaqiri, despite being very impressed with shaqiri so far.
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