Steve Nicol feels his former club Liverpool would be setting themselves up for failure if they do not sing a central defensive midfielder in January.
Klopp rejuvenated the problem area of his squad that was the midfield over the summer with four signings
What he perhaps did not expect to happen though was the departure of Fabinho to Saudi Arabia.
Eventually the money was used to recruit a surprise, experienced option in Wataru Endo, 30, and a long-term box-to-box target Ryan Gravenberch, 21.
Endo is more accustomed to the deeper midfield role, though has slowly been adjusting to the English game, leading Klopp to so far hand the torch to earlier summer arrival Alexis Mac Allister
There is no urgent desire to recruit such a player in the upcoming window with 19-year-old Stefan Bajcetic on the comeback trail from injury - a stance that club legend Nicol disagrees with
Nicol
"If they can get somebody beside the two of them [Dominik Szoboszlai and Mac Allister] they can just take a step further forward,"
"Right now I don’t know [who that could be], I don’t have anyone.
"I used to think [Sofyan] Amrabat would be the right one beside them, but at United it’s not quite working out.
"I thought initially he would be ideal - he could sit just behind the two of them and let them do more going forward.
"But I don’t think Endo’s the answer and I don’t think Jones is the answer. Right now I think Liverpool need to be on the lookout for somebody."
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