With Alexis Mac Allister anticipated to hitch Liverpool as their first signing of the summer time, simply how good might the Brighton midfielder be at Anfield?
In response to reviews in his native Argentina, Mac Allister is ready to hitch the Reds on a five-year deal price £100,000 every week, with a deal doubtless within the coming weeks.
Brighton supervisor Roberto De Zerbi, who appears to be like to have taken his No. 10 to a different stage, has already admitted he expects high-profile departures.
Liverpool are set to pay round £60 million for the 24-year-old’s signature, it’s claimed, which might make Mac Allister the membership’s fourth-most costly signing and the third-most costly Argentine in historical past.
Mac Allister’s profile is rising as curiosity from the Premier League and past grows, however he stays one thing of an enigma to many followers.
So what might supporters count on from Mac Allister at Liverpool, and the way good might he change into?
To get a Brighton knowledgeable’s view on Mac Allister and his potential transfer to Anfield, we spoke to content material creators Albion Obsessed (@AlbionObsessed).
There was quite a lot of hype round Mac Allister this season – so how good has he been?
He’s been simply among the finest gamers I’ve ever seen in an Albion shirt.
He was a comparatively sluggish burner to start with, coming to a very new way of life in England straight from Argentina.
His first aim for the Albion was a last-minute equaliser in opposition to Palace, in order that was some strategy to endear himself to the followers nearly immediately.
You may all the time see the potential however, for me, it wasn’t till he was moved right into a deeper function below Potter the place “this man could possibly be among the finest” got here into my head.
His type was electrical, and it could have been a shock to many who he was included in Argentina’s World Cup squad, however his affect of their triumph confirmed simply how good he’s.
What function has he been enjoying for Brighton?
He’s performed just about each midfield function for us, he has even occupied broad attacking areas for us when known as upon.
Ever since getting back from the World Cup, Roberto De Zerbi has been utilizing him within the No. 10 function.
He’s an enormous a part of a midfield machine that retains us ticking in such a ravishing method.
What are his strengths and weaknesses?
Alexis doesn’t include many weaknesses, however I’d say when he’s marked out of a sport he struggles to return again into it and discover himself house.
He’s not the finest finisher, however he has scored some completely screamers in his Albion profession.
It’s finest to speak about his strengths.
The man is extraordinarily laborious in a sort out, reads the sport nearly completely each single time and it simply an all-round good group participant.
He’ll all the time be seeking to convey everybody round him into the very thick of the motion, and he’ll rating you an excellent eight to 10 targets a season.
Which gamers do you see him as being much like? We hear something from Bernardo Silva to Curtis Jones!
It’s powerful to match him, as he can play so many various roles everywhere in the pitch as beforehand talked about.
He’s a midfielder that can chip in with targets from nearly any place within the attacking third, will work laborious if you’re up in opposition to it, and can rating the coldest penalty within the 98th minute to win you a sport.
How excessive is his ceiling as a participant?
I genuinely imagine that, below the precise coach, he could possibly be among the finest on the planet.
Even when he was to stick with us (extremely unlikely after all) he might attain that below De Zerbi.
Being a standout participant in a World Cup closing on a group with Lionel Messi is not any imply feat.
Lastly, if Liverpool do find yourself signing him, the place do you see him becoming in?
He can be, in time, your finest midfielder.
He already has ample Premier League expertise, and being surrounded by an already bettering Liverpool group with different world-class expertise, he’ll flourish.
• Thanks once more to Albion Obsessed for his or her perception on Mac Allister. Comply with them on Twitter @AlbionObsessed and YouTube @AlbionObsessed.
