Given that Thiago Alcantara’s contract with Liverpool expires in 2024, insiders claim that the midfielder is open to leaving the club the following year.
According to 90min, not everyone at Anfield is convinced that the 32-year-old playmaker deserves a new contract, despite Jurgen Klopp’s desire for Thiago to stay.
Injury has prevented the former Bayern Munich great from playing for Liverpool thus far this season; this has been a recurring theme for Thiago throughout his entire tenure on Merseyside.
Thiago, who Mark Lawrenson praised as “world-class,” is unquestionably one of Klopp’s team’s most technically gifted players right now.
However, it makes sense why some Liverpool officials want the Spanish international to leave at the end of this campaign given how severe Thiago’s physical issues are and how much the midfielder is paid.
Furthermore, Thiago, 32, is unlikely to improve given his age, thus Liverpool might benefit from moving the midfielder in the upcoming season.
Next year, Liverpool will have to let Thiago go.
Without a doubt, Thiago is one of Liverpool’s top players in terms of technical prowess and raw talent. However, other elements only indicate that the midfielder shouldn’t be taken into consideration moving ahead.
Thiago is a guy that Liverpool can contemplate unloading next year because of his ongoing injury issues, and that would be the perfect time for it to happen.
The choice may also enable Liverpool to spend heavily on a different top-tier midfielder, one who can take Thiago’s spot and possibly outperform the 32-year-old at Anfield.