Now, there’s a chance Jurgen Klopp starts Fabinho in holding midfield v Chelsea tomorrow evening, although this seems unlikely and we reckon the smart money is on the Brazilian coming back into the defence – where he’s basically played all season…
Based on this theory, we asked Liverpool fans on Twitter today about whether they’d like Fab to partner Nat Phillips or Ozan Kabak – and the results (at the time of writing) were startling.
After over 3,000 votes, the results are completely split – with Kabak on 50.1% and Phillips on 49.9%!
We’ve never seen a Twitter poll that close – ever – and it shows the decision is not an obvious one…
Phillips has been playing better than Kabak, but the Ozan needs a run in the team in order to improve – and the general feeling is he has a higher potential ceiling than Phillips – who is leaving in the summer on a free transfer…
We’d go with Phillips, just, but can see the arguments for both.
If Fab comes into the side at CB v Chelsea, who does he play alongside?
— Empire of the Kop (@empireofthekop) March 3, 2021
Nat Phillips is NOT leaving because his contract expires in the summer, he signed a new contract the day before going on-loan to Stuttgart………Liverpool announced the new contract officially.
His deal expires this summer.
Neither should partner Fab because he should be in midfield where he belongs. Stick with defenders in defence – look what happened last game – 3 pts & a clean sheet