Liverpool is getting a new shape up front that is a sure thing. For so many seasons, they have played with the mighty trio in attack: Sadio Mane, Robert Firmino, Mohamed Salah, but things have changed slowly but surely, and they might even change quicker than many Reds fans would like. According to the latest reports from Italy, after the departure of the Africa’s best player of the year Sadio Mane, it seems that Roberto Firmino could move on too.Juventus have submitted a €23m bid for Roberto Firmino, according to Tuttosport 🗞 pic.twitter.com/iD4YrinMsN— GOAL (@goal) July 25, 2022 The former consecutive Italian champion is looking at all possible players in their quest to make a strong, challenging team for the Serie A title, and they have turned their sights to the Brazilian forward. After getting Darwin Nunez for a record sum, Liverpool are surely going with the Uruguayan with their number 9 next season, and will even change their attacking tactics, according to coach Jurgen Klopp, which means that basically, it will be Nunez’s job to loose and Bobby Firmino is poised for the bench.“Do I want Darwin to play like Bobby Firmino in the same position? No, not at all. It makes no sense. We are talking about a False No.9 and a No.9. That is the difference. We can just work on it, and we will do. We will see in training how quickly that will go. That is what I like about it. It will be really interesting. We had two or three or four years where it was always clear before the pre-season that we would start up front with Sadio, Bobby and Mo. Now the door is open for pretty much everybody. That is what we have to use. That is what we try to use” said Klopp to the journalists a couple days ago.Darwin shuns early criticism to score FOUR in a 5-0 thrashing of Leipzig (VIDEO)That being said, the German tactician is a huge fan of the Brazilian, and surely doesn’t want to sell him, but the reality is that he’s contract is not extended (yet), and if the Reds are not planning to do it (or face tough stance from Firmino), they can lose him as a free agent in June 2023. Juventus have seen their opportunity in all this, but their first offer of around 23 million euros was too low and looked laughable to Liverpool, so the next one is to follow soon. The Reds have played a similar tactics with Bayern over Sadio Mane and in the end got 32 million euros from the Germans.You think Mane was expensive for Bayern? Think againThe Brazilian didn’t have luck last season with injuries and ended up with only 17 starts but was still effective with 11 goals and five assists and with Diogo Jota and Luis Diaz also in the team, he would be a terrific substitute in another long season in which the Reds will be attacking all three competitions again. So, it’s up for Firmino do decide first if he will sign a contract extension or will he stay in Liverpool and probably be on the bench more than ever in his career, or will he go to Turin and be as effective as he once was in this weaker league.##NAJAVA_MECA_6526493##
