How Luis Suarez would shoot for the modern Liverpool Jurgen Klopp – according to Football Manager 2019

Liverpool's Jurgen Klopp are leading the Premier League, with four points ahead of Manchester City's Pep Guardiola in a fantastic season for the Reds.

However, former Liverpool favorite Luis Suarez, now from Barcelona, ​​recently announced his love for Klopp and said any player would like to have the chance to play under him.

So what happens if Uruguayan is part of Klopp's current team?

Liverpool would be even more ahead in the title race?

Would Suarez want to prevent Roberto Firmino from being part of the team?

Suarez and Mohamed Salah would they hear?

To have a little fun, we used Football Manager 2019 to place Luis Suarez in the current Liverpool team and see exactly what would happen.

Luis Suarez's Profile

As you can see, Suarez's profile is pretty incredible.

In fact, according to Football Manager 2019, Lionel Messi (195), Cristiano Ronaldo (195), Neymar (189), Kevin De Bruyne (186), Gareth Bale (182) are the only field players whose current rank is higher than Suarez (180).

For more context, Salah (180) has the same current capacity.

So, with Suarez added to his team, does Klopp manage to please all his attackers?

Key dates of the 2018/19 season

August 11, 2018 – The season started very badly for the Klopp club in Liverpool, beating 1-0 at home against Manchester City. The only goal of the match was Bernardo Silva.

He kept his 4-3-3 tested, but dropped Sadio Mane on the bench, preferring instead to start Firmino by the left.

Suarez did not play particularly well either, scoring 6.6.

August 18, 2018 – Suarez scores his first goal of the season in a 3-0 home win over Leicester.

Salah and Adam Lallana are also on the scoresheet.

October 20, 2018 – Suarez achieves a home tripled against Fulham in a 4-0 win.

Firmino also found the net for Klopp's side at Anfield.

August 11 to February 10 – In the 25 league games that separate these dates, Liverpool would remain undefeated – winning 23 games, shooting twice, scoring 57 and conceding only 16 while the Reds won in front of City to top the tournament. ranking.

During this period, the Klopp team won 16 wins, 11 wins for Suarez.

February 10, 2019 – Another nightmare at Selhurst Park while Liverpool only loses its second league match of the season against Crystal Palace.

Trent Alexander-Arnold is sent off just 11 minutes into the match and Suarez is replaced in the 14th minute due to an injury.

And even though Pope Soure was sent off for Palace in the 57th minute, the second half of Andros Townsend sealed Liverpool's defeat.

March 13, 2019 – Suarez is recovering from injury and scores on the biggest stage as the Reds beat PSG in the Champions League at 16 in Anfield.

They qualified for the quarterfinals of the competition with this victory, where they would lose to Real Madrid.

April 24, 2019 – The disaster hits Suarez after three minutes of play against Manchester United at Anfield with a 3-0 win over rivals.

But no matter, Liverpool won the trophy four days earlier with a home win against Newcastle.

Luis Suarez stats

As expected, he was in unbelievable form under Klopp.

The South American made an excellent campaign, with only Harry Kane (23) who scored more than the 19-year-old Liverpool man.

The 32-year-old has also won 11 Man Match Awards, three more than any other player, and only Eden Hazard (7.76) has a better average score than Suarez (7.75).

His season total in all competitions was 26 goals and 12 badists in 47 appearances.

In all competitions, Liverpool's top goal scorers were:

Luis Suarez – 26 goals in 47 appearances

Mohamed Salah – 24 goals in 53 appearances

Roberto Firmino – 19 goals in 50 appearances

Sadio Mane – 14 goals in 49 appearances (only 23 starts)

Naby Keita – 6 goals in 37 appearances

Liverpool Statistics

Despite two difficult months in which they have won just four of their last eight league games, Liverpool will become league champion, finishing eight points ahead of Manchester City.

They had 30 wins, three draws and only five losses, finishing the season with a difference of +50.

It was an incredible season of a really amazing team, and stats saved them.

Liverpool scored more goals than any other team, with 82 goals in 38 games, eight more than Manchester City and 26 more than Manchester United.

Only Manchester City (30) conceded less than Liverpool (32), conceding for a single corner of the campaign.

Cup competitions

FA Cup – 4th round (Lost in Bournemouth)

Carabao Cup – 4th round (Lost to Man City)

Champions League – Quarter-finals (defeat by Real Madrid 1-2 on the total)

Jurgen Klopp's tactics

Throughout the season, Klopp has tended to stick to his true 4-3-3 formation, focusing on high-intensity pressing and quick attacks.

Mane did not have the time to play as he would have liked, as the Senegalese striker started only 14 games in the league, but he still found the goal 12 times, most of these goals being replaced.

Xherdan Shaqiri was the main victim of the arrival of Suarez, making only one start in the championship all season, with 10 more matches.

However, in some easier games, Klopp used the 4-2-3-1 formation, with Firmino as number 10, with Mane on the left, Salah on the right and Suarez in the middle.

What an incredible front four that would be …

However, the German manager could not satisfy everyone.

Danny Ings, Divock Origi, Loris Karius and Alberto Moreno had all organized pre-arranged transfers before the end of the season.

Shaqiri, clearly tired of his lack of playing time, was placed on the transfer list with a asking price of 32.5 million pounds, alongside Nathaniel Clyne.

summary

Overall, it was not a bad season for Klopp.

They came out of the cup competitions a bit early, but the victory of the football championship title is a huge feat and Suarez played a huge role.

According to the game, Suarez would roughly guarantee the Liverpool World Championship title and would blossom clearly under Klopp and his style of play.

The way Liverpool evolves in real life now, it's hard to see how they can improve, but adding Suarez may not be the worst start.