With Jose Enrique missing almost the entire campaign last season for Liverpool, Brendan Rodgers brought in Aly Cissokho from Valencia, but that didn’t go to plan. The lanky left-back struggling to adapt to the pace of the Premier League for a lot of the season, which left Jon Flanagan – a right-back – to fill in. Rodgers has supposedly struck a deal for Seville defender Alberto Moreno, who has agreed a five year deal.
It is undoubtedly a good signing – he played 43 games for the La Liga outfit last season and has three caps for the Spanish national side. But where does it leave Flanagan?
For me, there is a natural solution. With the €22 million being spent on Moreno, you’d expect him to go straight in at left-back. If he needs time to get used to the pace of the league then so be it, Flanagan could fill in. But I would stick him at right-back over Glen Johnson.
The England international had a poor season last time and it seems his legs have burned out, so to put Flanagan in his natural slot makes sense to me.
The 21-year-old dubbed the ‘Scouse Cafu’ played 23 league games last season and 79 tackles and 75 clearances.
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