Caleta-Car’s Decision and Liverpool’s Limbo…
In a world where footballers would sell their grandma’s secret cookie recipe to play at Liverpool, Duje Caleta-Car decided to stay put instead of joining Jurgen Klopp’s squad on deadline day. Back in January 2021, Liverpool was in as much of a crisis as a vegan in a steakhouse, with injuries sidelining Virgil van Dijk, Joe Gomez, and Joel Matip. Despite Liverpool’s $600 million spending spree, Caleta-Car opted for more sunlit pastures with Marseille, preferring their local cuisine to Merseyside’s famed scouse stew.
Fast forward almost five years, Caleta-Car’s CV is like a well-travelled postcard, having played for Southampton before heading to Lyon and now Real Sociedad. Liverpool’s recent $47M attempt to sign defender Marc Guehi fizzled out faster than a firework in a rainstorm when a deal fell through. With Guehi’s signing stalling, Liverpool’s defense could soon resemble Swiss cheese, full of holes. They may dip into the free agent pool, considering options like Takehiro Tomiyasu, who last managed just one appearance before his injury-laden departure from Arsenal.
