He did at least follow Bradley’s beard trend while he was here. I think Trent had it once as well is something with Right backs?
Quansah and Bradley just came straight into our first team from League One loans (with Bradley’s loan actually being to Bolton also) so don’t worry about the level too much.
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Makes sense he would.
https://twitter.com/AnfieldSector/status/1752047665980887066
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That’s kind of weird as they already signed another left back, but Beck will be first choice or possibly even freed to play further forward.
Tsimikas and Robertson back fit again - Scanlon (a more talented prospect) in the U21s in case of crisis. Chambers is reprotedly playing well at Wigan.
Glad Beck got some game time before leaving this summer. Fingers crossed that mooted Rangers/Celtic move materialises.
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Anderson Arroyo and Nat Phillips are having a Gypsy life. Hope they find a permanent address soon.
Sadly I feel it will be a run down contract type.
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Tad worried may be too high of a level for him but Blackburn have our trust
I expect him to be going there and joining their U21 team as what would essentially be a long term trial period. Very surprised if he plays much first team football.
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What happened to him?
Said in the past that I really like how we work with goalkeepers. It’s hard to get to Alisson’s level and replace him, but it’s useful to have someone like Kelleher for a few years before he needs to move on and/or get some profit if they make a career elsewhere.
We’ll see what happens, if Achterberg stays or goes, etc.
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Luke Hewitson, 19, Stalybridge Celtic
Marcelo Pitaluga, 20, St Pats
Jakub Ojrzyński, 20, FC Den Bosch
Vit Jaros, 22, Sturm Graz
Harvey Davies, 20, Crewe
Reece Trueman, 18, Colwyn Bay
Nat Phillips, 26, Cardiff
Calvin Ramsay, 20, Bolton
Luke Chambers, 19, Wigan
Sepp Van Den Berg, 22, Mainz
Adam Lewis, 24, Newport
Anderson Arroyo, 24, Burgos
James Norris, 20 Tranmere
Billy Koumetio, 21, Blackburn
Owen Beck, 21, Dundee
Dom Corness, 20, Yverdon
Luca Stephenson, 20, Barrow
Tyler Morton, 21, Hull
James Balagizi, 20, Kilmarnock
Fabio Carvalho, 21, Hull
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Does he? Yes or no for all of us Musk haters.
FUTURE AT LIVERPOOL?
Given Jurgen Klopp’s departure from Liverpool at the end of the season, to be quite frank it’s impossible to predict whether someone like Van den Berg does have a long-term future at the club. It simply all depends on who the new manager will be.
But certainly based on his form, he shouldn’t be discarded. The club have always regarded him as a top talent. When he was first recruited by Liverpool, many saw him as the ‘next Van Dijk’ for his athletic and physical ability.
That’s backed-up by the fact that Van den Berg is also quite fast. Something that often goes under the radar. However, this season in the Bundesliga among centre-backs the 22-year-old has actually clocked the fourth highest top-speed in the league at 34.78km/h.
He’s got all the traits needed for a Liverpool centre-back. Van den Berg is fast, therefore probably capable of playing in a high-line. He’s strong in the air, and also reads the game well.
On top of that, he is also very versatile, and covers a lot of ground. We haven’t quite seen that at Mainz, but he definitely showed it at Preston. Just take a look at his heatmap from the 2021/22 Championship season – he was simply everywhere.
In that campaign, Van den Berg actually played a lot of his minutes as a full-back and as a wing-back.
POTENTIAL HEIR TO JOEL MATIP?
Van den Berg is still under contract at Liverpool until 2026. Being a right-sided and right-footed centre-back, it’s only natural to consider him as a potential successor to Joel Matip, who is likely to leave the club upon the expiry of his contract.
Others have been linked as potential candidates to succeed the the veteran centre-back, but considering Van den Berg is someone Liverpool have invested time and effort to develop – it would make sense on paper to give him a chance.
Taiwo Awoniyi is a great example of someone who was on the books at Liverpool, and who could have ended-up being given a chance at Anfield. But instead went onto excel elsewhere, and is now in great form in the Premier League.
Van den Berg’s got the potential to go on a similar trajectory. So it makes sense to give him a chance first, before looking to sell him on. He won’t be a like for like replacement for Matip. He simply doesn’t have Matip’s nimble feet, nor the ability to make those mazy runs forward from the back – but then again who does have that ability in world football? There are very few – and they would probably cost Liverpool a lot of money. Whereas, on Van den Berg Liverpool wouldn’t need to spend any extra dime on – he’s already theirs
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