Sadio Mane, Mohamed Salah, Andrew Robertson, Fabinho, Virgil Van Dijk, and Alisson are the German’s premier signings, and they can all be filed under the very ‘Gegenpress’ blueprint, Rangnick will seek to introduce at Old Trafford.
Mane, Salah, and Robertson provide the speed and the horsepower of the fierce press, while Fabinho, Van Dijk, and Alisson are the strength, the time keepers, and the composure juxtaposing the organised chaos exploding around them.
If Reds supporters were to take a trip down memory lane to the time Chelsea beat them to the signature of Timo Werner, they would likely be confronted with previous posts bemoaning another missed opportunity.
They may have been even angrier when the Reds paid a fee, similar to what the Blues paid RB Leipzig, for Wolves winger Diogo Jota.
Jota’s seven goals and one assist in 34 appearances may have nodded heads but it did not exactly decry world beater.
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