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Merson urges Liverpool to lose in the Champions League

Andrey Chegodaev 26 days ago Sky Sports

  • Ex-Gunner believes Liverpool don't have a squad deep enough to win the Champions League.
  • He urges Liverpool to abandon the European campaign and concentrate on the Prem.
  • Injuries to the likes of Salah, Firmino and van Dijk could be critical, Merson claims.

Ex-Gunner and Sky Sports pundit Paul Merson believes Liverpool should lose in the Champions League and concentrate solely on the Premier League title race.

Speaking on Sky Sports' The Debate, Merson claimed Liverpool squad is not deep enough to compete in two campaigns and if Mohamed Salah, Roberto Firmino or Virgil van Dijk get injured it would be a blow equivalent to Spurs loss of Harry Kane. 

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"I would get out of the Champions League as soon as possible because they are not good enough to win the double. They haven’t got the squad," Merson said. "If Salah, Firmino or Van Dijk got injured, wow, that is the equivalent of Harry Kane getting injured for Tottenham.

I don’t know if it’s just me but every time I watch Paul Merson on Sky Sports, it literally feels like he’s just come from drinking his ass off, straight into the studio.

— Medium Draco (@papuccino18) January 22, 2019

"I just hope the players understand that 29 years without the title is a long time and they would be legends if they win it. Legends. This would be history.

"But I would be shocked if they won the double. Shocked."

It's not the first time Paul Merson urges Liverpool to lose. He was the one to claim the Reds should abandon domestic cup tournaments. But speaking of the Champions League, it's very likely that Jurgen Klopp and Co would love to go all the way to the final and hopefully do better in it than it was last season.

Virgil van Dijk

Comments

Tina Murphy26 days ago

Mr Merson you are going a step to far. We were finalist last year and everybody said we were a joke and wouldn't get out of the group stages , just ask the joker Keane. We stand as much chance as any other team to win either or both a big ask but its possible why would We want to throw that away. There's also the financial side which can help us improve our squad even more .

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Adam Harris26 days ago

Fuck off merson la we wanna win both 🖕🖕🖕

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Collins Darkwah25 days ago

Hello my fellow kopites, Paul Merson is expressing his opinion and I know opinion is like noses everybody have one. What I've noticed about this Paul Merson guy is he has Liverpool at heart, a legend at Arsenal but anytime we play Arsenal and any other team this predict in favour of us. He gave us a warning in our match with Palace that should be careful about team and they nearly spoil our points. Paul Merson just love to see us lifting the premier league trophy. YNWA

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Eric Owusu26 days ago

Merson is a joke, has no vision and it’s quit insulting actually that he feels we can’t compete on 2 levels.

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