by Eagle » Thu Jun 08, 2023 9:43 pm
I'd expect Mac Allister to be in the starting 11 for the first game of the season. He's already been playing in the PL for three and a half years, speaks English, has signed early in the window so will benefit from a full pre-season with Klopp and his teammates. Other players coming from abroad might be given time to integrate. Personally I'd take the team that went unbeaten for the final 11 games of the season and swap Mac Allister for Henderson.
Mac Allister has been described as a "swiss army" knife of a midfielder. Not the strongest or quickest, but really high footballing IQ and can pretty much perform any function you need him to. Gini was similar in that he was the go to man when there was problem that needed fixing because he was so smart.