00:00 So, Will, are Liverpool simply making a mistake, you feel, selling Fabinho and Jordan Henderson?
00:05 Obviously, we've touched on their midfield over the last season.
00:08 It did need big additions, big help in there, and it was really lacking.
00:12 And now two big names leaving the door this summer.
00:17 Yeah, it's looking that way, isn't it?
00:18 Both are subject of interest from Saudi Arabia.
00:21 They have been the real disruptors, haven't they, in the transfer market this summer.
00:25 It's a difficult one because both players at times have had the Liverpool future questioned.
00:32 Fabinho, certainly last season, maybe a lot of people thought his legs had completely given up on him.
00:39 He was one of the players who dropped markedly, along with him, Alexander-Arnold, Van Dijk.
00:48 They were the main three who you look at and think, "What's happened to them? What's going on here?"
00:53 But before that, he was one of the best defensive midfielders in the world.
00:57 But some people, you can't turn down £40 million for a player who you sign for £43, £44 million, and he's coming up to £30.
01:06 Henderson, on the other hand, £33 million now, £12 million a year, looks decent business for Liverpool.
01:14 But just as you say, is it unwise for Liverpool to be selling them now?
01:19 Because, as you say, Liverpool brought in two new midfielders, McAllister and Sopperslide.
01:26 But traditionally, Jürgen Klopp's irons have taken a little bit of time to fit into the system, really, to fit into what he demands.
01:34 And you can't expect two new midfielders to hit the ground running.
01:39 You need someone anchoring the midfield.
01:41 Are Liverpool going to have that?
01:43 And then they're going to have to bring someone in, and whoever comes in is going to have to learn that remit.
01:48 So, it's not ideal.
01:51 I think if it was at the start of the transfer window, before the Pools return to pre-season, Jürgen Klopp would be a lot more comfortable.
01:58 But the money that's on offer, I don't think you can turn it down.
02:01 And Jürgen Klopp said many a times, if there's players who don't want to be at the football club, who want to leave, then they can go.
02:07 I think the only example they've held out was Philippe Coutinho in the summer of 2017.
02:16 And then eventually they sold him to Barcelona then for a mammoth deal, which he couldn't turn down.
02:21 So, Jürgen Klopp's obviously said, if you want to go, fine, we'll get what we want for you, but we don't want to keep anyone around.
02:27 But it's not ideal, the timing, certainly, because Klopp likes all of his signs to be there, or the vast majority of them, for the first day of pre-season.
