Liverpool supporters will know that Arne Slot‘s debut season in cost will possible be extra of successful than Jurgen Klopp’s was, as their beloved now former boss had loads on his plate when arriving to Anfield again in 2015.
In his first marketing campaign as supervisor, the ex-Borussia Dortmund determine would obtain an eighth positioned end – which might be a disastrous place for Slot’s facet to complete in by 2024’s requirements – earlier than slowly however certainly bringing success to the Merseyside giants over a lot of campaigns.
Not like Slot, who has taken on the reins after Klopp’s exit with a robust squad already in place, the now unemployed 57-year-old needed to eliminate some deadwood on his arrival, which included giving notable Reds dud Luis Alberto the boot initially on two separate mortgage offers, earlier than letting him finally head out the door completely a 12 months into his publish.
Alberto would simply by no means settle at Anfield, costing the Reds a payment of £6.8m in 2013, however is now utterly forgotten about 11 years on.
Luis Alberto’s time at Liverpool
The Spanish attacking midfielder, who has since carved out a profitable profession path for himself since his underwhelming stint in England, very a lot goes down as a dud from yesteryear when recounting his robust time enjoying for Liverpool.
The now 31-year-old would solely ever make 12 appearances for the Reds in complete earlier than being despatched packing underneath the early days of the Klopp regime, serving to himself to only one help too when donning his Liverpool colors again in 2013, when then supervisor Brendan Rodgers masterminded a 5-0 victory over Tottenham Hotspur.
With zero targets underneath his belt, while additionally enjoying within the Premier League, Alberto’s time at Liverpool would undoubtably go down as a serious flop, with the top-flight titans promoting Alberto on for a loss at £4.3m to Lazio to carry his time on the membership to an unsurprising finish.
Luis Alberto’s profession since Liverpool
Nonetheless, Alberto would discover a new lease of life away from his subdued enjoying days at Liverpool out in Italy, together with his present type for brand new employers Al-Duhail SC even bettering Mohamed Salah‘s begin to the Premier League this marketing campaign.
As might be seen watching the clip above, Alberto regarded a distinct participant altogether lining up for Lazio over his quiet beginnings at Anfield, with sumptous strikes like this one versus Sampdoria commonplace all through his time in Serie A.
The Spaniard would amass a mightily spectacular 52 targets and 79 assists from 307 video games in complete for the Italian giants, earlier than searching for out pastures new in Qatar, the place he hasn’t slowed down together with his output.
Alberto’s stats for Al-Duhail (24/25) vs Salah’s for Liverpool (24/25) | ||
|---|---|---|
Stat | ||
Video games performed | 5 | 4 |
Targets scored | 1 | 3 |
Assists | 6 | 3 |
Sourced by Transfermarkt | ||
Wanting on the desk above, for his new Saudi employers, Alberto really boasts yet one more purpose contribution than his Egyptian counterpart this season to this point, having really helped himself to an astounding three assists in only one conflict when Al-Duhail emphatically beat Al-Rayyan SC 4-0.
In fact, the distinction in high quality is there as Salah has managed to place collectively six purpose contributions within the hustle and bustle of the Premier League Alberto could not deal with, however the 31-year-old has actually not allowed his poor time with the Reds initially of his profession to negatively affect him shifting ahead.
Salah did not assist his personal trigger by having a uncommon off-day in opposition to Nottingham Forest final day trip, as Nuno Espirito Santo’s underdogs walked away from Anfield with a shock three factors, however he’ll know he has lots extra within the tank for Slot’s males because the season goes on.
Alberto will simply hope he can sustain his personal blistering begin, keen to verify he sees out his enjoying days in fashion, after shirking off his label of being a Reds reject.
