Liverpool has been leading the Premier League table for a long time in the 2024-25 season, with a six-point lead after playing one less game in the first half of the season. What will be the final outcome for Jurgen Klopp's Liverpool this season?
In Klopp's first season at Liverpool, he achieved nothing! Pep Guardiola's first season at Manchester City also ended with no trophies!
If Liverpool can win the Premier League title this season, Klopp will surpass two of the world's top managers, Klopp and Guardiola, by winning the Premier League title in his first season in England!
Theoretically, Liverpool even has the possibility of winning the "quadruple" of the Premier League, Champions League, FA Cup, and League Cup. At the very least, even if they only win the League Cup in the end, they can still surpass Klopp and Guardiola's achievements in their first season in the Premier League, as both of them had zero titles at the same time.
But thinking like this now may be too optimistic.
Last season, Klopp's last season coaching Liverpool, they were also leading the Premier League table halfway through the season, but they eventually finished third.
Currently, Liverpool's main players in all three lines have almost no injuries and are maintaining full attendance, which is quite rare. Klopp's luck is quite good.
Last summer transfer window, Liverpool sold some young players and made a lot of money. They used part of it to introduce Federico Chiesa before the window closed, but he was also left idle. New coach Klopp did not receive any support, and it is unrealistic to expect support in the future. Even keeping the current absolute main players in the team next season is a problem.
The contracts of key winger Mohamed Salah, key central defender Virgil van Dijk, and key right-back Trent Alexander-Arnold are all expiring this summer. If they do not renew, they can leave as free agents, and they can already contact their next clubs. Alexander-Arnold has basically confirmed that he will join Real Madrid at the latest by the summer, while the renewals of Salah and Van Dijk have not yet made progress.
Luis Diaz, the second-highest scorer in the squad, has a contract with Liverpool that expires in the summer of 2027. This is not an immediate concern, but he is facing poaching from other teams, and the player himself is dissatisfied with his current salary.
According to reports from "Mundo Deportivo," Barcelona is closely monitoring Luis Diaz. There are many wingers who are willing to join Barcelona this year, including Rafael Leao, Khvicha Kvaratskhelia, and Nico Williams, but Deco, who is in charge of transfers at Barcelona, has always been more interested in Luis Diaz. Diaz's agent team has good connections at Barcelona, and if Diaz joins Barcelona, he will start.
Luis is currently valued at 85 million euros, the highest in the Liverpool squad, but his annual salary of 3.5 million euros (equivalent to a weekly salary of 56,000 pounds) can only rank sixteenth in the team. People close to Diaz are very angry that Liverpool has not improved the player's contract.
If Liverpool does not raise Luis Diaz's salary, and if Barcelona offers more attractive conditions, Liverpool may lose their current second-highest scorer.
Next season, if Salah, Alexander-Arnold, Van Dijk, and Diaz, the four key players, are all gone, it will be like the house is falling down for Liverpool. Even if Salah and Van Dijk ultimately renew their contracts, if Alexander-Arnold and Diaz leave, the house will still be in turmoil.