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Man City could be about to drop more points with 115 charges - I want to see Liverpool act
Jamie Carragher's claim that January could be a chance for Liverpool to really push the boat out in the transfer window is something I'd go along with right now. Carragher was speaking on the Overlap podcast last week about how the New Year would be a chance to bring in the right player that just helps sustain a push for honours in the second half of the season and we know there is money in the bank.
We also know Liverpool largely kept their powder dry in the summer with just Federico Chiesa arriving for about £10-12m, so Arne Slot has the same squad as the one he inherited when Jurgen Klopp left and I can see why there might be space to accommodate a game-changer in there. But look, it's good to be the right player at the right price.
Liverpool, barring a collapse in December or an injury crisis, will be operating from a position of strength when the window opens so they don't need to do anything daft or panic buy purely for the sake of it.
We've seen before, however, what the right player can add to an already impressive squad, with the most recent example being a couple of years ago when Luis Diaz was signed and the team pushed all the way to the Champions League final while getting 92 points in the league and winning both domestic cups.
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Injuries will start to ease and it will be great to see the likes of Alisson Becker, Diogo Jota and Harvey Elliott hopefully back on the other side of the international break and fingers crossed there won't be any more injuries to any key players.
But having said that, Liverpool might be in a position where there is absolutely no harm in bringing in an insurance policy to help the cause because we just don't know what might be opening up for the Reds this season.
Manchester City could yet even drop more points with the 115 charges that are hanging over them and they have not been at the races for the last four games, losing all of them for the first time in Pep Guardiola's career. It's why adding in an injection of quality at such a vitally important period of the season could make a world of difference.
That being said, I'm not tempting fate too soon. We know Manchester City are capable of going on an incredible run where you are talking about them winning 12 or 13 on the spin, so I'm certainly not counting any chickens yet. But having won the last four Premier League titles in an unprecedented feat, it is so hard to keep winning on top of all of that. The pressure and expectations are there and at the moment they are having quite the wobble.
Time will tell, of course. I am certainly not writing off City yet but in terms of adding to the Liverpool squad in January, I think it is an idea that makes sense but it has to be the right player, most definitely.
Jones can make No.10 spot his own
I don't often make a habit of watching England games in international breaks but I must say Curtis Jones has done himself no harm during this one. His lovely flick in the 3-0 win over Greece was a cracking goal and he followed that up with another performance in the 5-0 victory over Ireland on Sunday too.
I used to watch Curtis when he was first breaking through with Liverpool's Under-21s as part of the coverage for LFCTV and he was always at his best as an attacking midfielder. He scored a fair few goals and seemed to be in positions to have loads of shots every match. When he broke into the first-team setup, however, Jurgen Klopp changed him as a midfielder.
His forte was always going forward when he was a youth player, but he became a different type of midfielder under Klopp and it was difficult to argue with overall results but it took some time to adapt from Jones and injuries were never too far away either. Every time some momentum was built up it always felt like there was a setback waiting in the wings.
It didn't happen overnight but Curtis has adapted and matured and now looks to be in really good form under Arne Slot at an important time of the season. If he stays fit I think there's a real place for him in this Slot system as the most advanced of the midfielders, pulling the strings in an attacking sense like he used to do back in those U21 days.
Now he just needs to continue in the same sort of form he's been in for the last few weeks now. He's always had the talent, so now it's about staying clear of injuries and maintaining a level of consistency because he is a super player to watch when he is on song.
Vital period coming up - but Southampton most important
Liverpool are heading into a hugely important period now until the end of the year and some are labelling it a "season-defining" one. With Manchester City, Real Madrid and Everton all to come alongside a Carabao Cup quarter-final, it's easy to see why fans are attaching so much significance to this five-week run now.
For me, though, Liverpool absolutely shouldn't be looking past Southampton on Sunday afternoon. I was always brought up as a player at Anfield to never look too far ahead or overlook the next game and doing that would be criminal if Arne Slot's men lose ground in the title race this weekend.
Looking into the distance too much can impact the next game and that is often when performance levels dip too much and you really become at risk of slipping up. Given the fact Slot's team have won 15 of 17 in all competitions so far, it would be a huge shame if that happened, particularly with Manchester City going up first this weekend at home to Tottenham Hotspur.
City could be in a position where they are coming to Anfield looking to go a point clear with a win if results go their way this weekend so it is imperative that the Reds don't start gazing into the distance about those glamorous games to come next week against Real Madrid and Pep Guardiola's champions.
Business on the south coast needs taking care of first and foremost. Southampton is the most important game right now.
