'Hundred percent' - John Barnes predicts what will happen once Liverpool sign Alexis Mac Allister

Alexis Mac Allister will be signed to go “straight into the first team” at Liverpool next season, says the legendary John Barnes.

the iconic former winger believes the midfielder will arrive at Anfield with huge expectations placed on him given his performances

Barnes:

I think Alexis Mac Allister will come with a huge reputation and expectation to be a starter,”

"When you're signing a midfield player like him, they're going to go straight into the team."

"If we sign a forward, then he may have to fight for his place unless he's the best forward in the world. But in the midfield, if it's a player you want, he's going to go straight into the team, a hundred percent.

"Be it Moises Caicedo, Declan Rice, be it any of them. I don't think they're going to sign midfield players to be part of the squad. Whereby if they sign a wide player, you could say that he'd be a squad player. If they're signing a midfield player, he's going to go straight into the team."