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Liverpool Sign Second January Transfer and It Wasn’t Expected

Liverpool Sign Second January Transfer and It Wasn’t Expected

Liverpool has announced their second January transfer signing and it isn’t a player anyone would have expected. The league leaders, who are aiming for their first-ever Premier League title, added Joe Hardy for an undisclosed fee. Many Liverpool supporters will be scrambling to Wikipedia to find out just who Hardy is and which position he plays. Football fans are discussing whether or not Liverpool can finally win the league this season. They have a difficult fixture list upcoming with matches versus Tottenham Hotspur and Manchester United, and fans can visit this website for the latest bet bonuses before wagering on the matches.

Hardy is Liverpool’s second transfer signing this month after the club signed the exciting Takumi Minamino from Red Bull Salzburg for a rock-bottom price of £7.5 million. Now, with Liverpool having been linked to players such as Jadon Sancho and Timo Werner, the club’s transfer committee has thrown a curveball at everyone. So, who is Joe Hardy?

Who is Joe Hardy?

Hardy arrives at Anfield from EFL Championship team Brentford where he played for the club’s B team. The 21-year-old did not play for Brentford in the EFL Championship this season and will go into the Reds’ reserves alongside the likes of occasional first-team players Rhian Brewster, Neco Jones, and Curtis Jones. It is a busy period for Liverpool on all fronts and the recent injection of youth has greatly helped the squad.

With manager Jurgen Klopp using several youngsters in the first-team currently, Hardy will certainly bolster Neil Critchley’s under-23 team. Hardy came through the Manchester City academy in 2015, where he showed plenty of potentials. With senior team places difficult to come by at Manchester City, Hardy signed for Brentford in 2017 after impressing with his play.

Hardy plays as a striker despite being rather short for a traditional No. 9. However, Liverpool does not field traditional strikers in the team under Klopp. Roberto Firmino was an attacking midfielder before being turned into a top-notch striker. Against Everton in the FA Cup third round, Klopp used new boy Minamino in the same way Firmino is deployed.

What to Expect of Joe Hardy?

It would be foolish to expect Hardy to play any kind of role in Liverpool’s season. Hardy will go into the under-23 team and come to grips with growing and developing as a player. With a number of EFL Championship teams wanting to sign Brewster on a loan, Hardy could be used as the striker’s replacement in the under-23 team.

Liverpool has worked hard to identify good young players since Klopp arrived. There has been an overhaul of the youth set-up and it looks far different than it did 20 years ago under Gerard Houllier. Now, Liverpool is developing players and young stars are being created. Hardy could be one of the next players to develop and breakthrough into the first-team.

Hardy’s signing shows once again the pragmatism of the Liverpool transfer committee. They will not play over the odds for players but will search out bargains and only pay large fees when they are justified in the case of Virgil van Dijk and Alisson Becker.

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