'As wonderful as it must be to be part of this Liverpool story, he has edged into ‘bit-part’; playing barely more than Konstantinos Tsimikas does a disservice to his talents.'
It may seem a little curious to begin a piece about Liverpool and Roberto Firmino with a quote from Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola but there is more that unites those two football clubs and managers than divides them.
But it applies equally – or at least should – to Firmino, who after seven years as a central and then peripheral figure in Liverpool’s success, hasThere are only two compelling reasons to leave Liverpool: for more minutes or for more money. You do not leave Liverpool for more success or to work under a better manager, because neither really exists. This is as good as it gets for most players.
His 3,921 minutes of 2019/20 became 3,371 minutes in 2020/21 after the arrival of Diogo Jota and then just 1,804 minutes in an injury-hit 2021/22 as Jota was joined by Luis Diaz. With Darwin Nunez now in the building, Firmino can see the red writing on the wall that says ‘substitute’. He declared himself to be “very happy” despite having just one year left on his contract but that was before Liverpool dropped a small fortune on Nunez and the slim chance of him going to this winter’s World Cup with Brazil edged closer to none.
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