Giorginho Wijnaldum has grown from a player who scored 15 goals in a season to an all-round talent. Although he is not the most charismatic player in the Liverpool squad, he has become very good.
If, after the end of the season, Liverpool are able to lift the Premier League trophy, the names of some of the players in their squad will be written into the history of the Premier League.
Fans watching the hilarity will be amazed by The impact of Mohammed Salah. He was at the heart of Liverpool's attack and his arrival made Liverpool a title contender. It was followed by two of Salah's most talented assistants, Roberto Firmino and Sadio Mane.
More pragmatic fans will appreciate Liverpool's new defensive core.
Virgil van Dijk has proven himself to be the best centre-back in the world over the past 12 months, and the addition of Alisson Becker has made up for Liverpool's biggest flaws, in addition to disappointing other teams pursuing him.
Although in recent rounds Liverpool have narrowed their lead in the league table, if their goalkeeper is still Loris Karius, they may not even have a chance to compete for the title.
Liverpool fans find it easy for fans to find a favorite player in the squad. Because in addition to their attacking trio and solid backline, there are some other players who are very popular.
Liverpool have made Andrew Robertson the most popular left-back after John Arne Reese, while right-back Trent Alexander-Arnold on the other side is a liverpool-born local who joined the club at the age of 6.
Even the England midfielders of Jordan Henderson and James Milner can gain the support and love of many fans outside Liverpool in the Premier League.
In fact, this Liverpool squad is luxurious, with so many charismatic players that every fan can find their favorite among them. But there is one location that has been overlooked.
In the middle of last season, Liverpool revealed that in the summer of 2016 they paid a £25m transfer fee for Giorgginho Wijnaldum, but his shirt sale did not make it into the top ten of the players in the squad.
Fans consider the Dutch players' names to be less valuable than Emre Jan and Simon Mignole. Even Coutinho, who has left the team, is still more popular than him.
In fact, it is easy to explain why Wijnaldum is rarely sought after by fans.
As one of the hard-working midfield trio, Wijnaldum's task on the pitch was to grab the ball and control it. He barely scored goals and had no assists, and was the hub for a more inconspicuous offensive and defensive transition than the pair of Henderson and Milner on the central axis.
Even Wijnaldum's jersey number is so understated, number 5. As a midfielder, Zidane crossed the number at Real Madrid, but Zizou, who wore several numbers, was dazzling on the pitch.
From this point of view, despite Wijnaldum's ability to become a more aggressive player, he has worked diligently in a role that avoids attention at all times.
It is worth remembering that before Jurgen Klopp bought Wijnaldum in 2016, he staged a Senior Year in a Premier League match at Newcastle United.
Perhaps Liverpool noted in Mohammed Salah's contract that only he could do such a thing. So now, Wijnaldum, who has scored more than 100 goals in his career (who scored almost as many goals in his career as Firmino and Mane), is just doing what the team needs him to do. And, he did a very good job.
For Klopp, it is not his responsibility that Wijnaldum is neglected, but that of us fans, our eyes cannot see inside him through the statistics of goals and assists and his inappropriate shirt numbers.
Before the end of the year, a reporter asked the manager if Wijnaldum's outstanding performance was overlooked, and Klopp replied sarcastically: "His performance is right under your nose!" ”
Perhaps in Klopp's view, we should try to ignore Salah's incredibly frequent goals and focus on Wijnaldum. The fear now is that the Dutchman may win the Premier League title with the team in May, but no one remembers his name 20 years later.
It's great to get a player recognized by discerning fans, but can Wijnaldum get the attention he deserves? In the short term, the answer is definitely "no". However, this is not a bad thing for Wijnaldum.
The underrated talent will slowly rise to where he should have been over time, the midfielder's achievements are likely to be discovered in future retrospectives, and those who collate the football profile will find that he has the highest passing success rate in the team and will find that he is really the most important link in this Liverpool squad in a moment of danger for the team.
After all, nostalgia for former players like Steve Finnan, who now hears little news, has been slowly simmering, but it's growing.
In other teams as well, Arsenal's Gilberto Silva and Manchester United's Michael Carrick have both boosted their prestige and influence amid the nostalgia of the horse' backscrapers, although they don't have the lovely smile of Wijnaldum.
For Wijnaldum quietly became an integral part of the team, although he refused to admit that Klopp himself may have initially underestimated the Dutchman's talent.
While Wijnaldum's playing time this season proved his worth to the team, he spent a fortune bringing in Nabi in the summer of 2018. Keita and Fabinho have made everyone think that this season's No. 5 player is likely to change from a main player to a rotating player.
But Wijnaldum prevented this from happening with a steady and brilliant performance.
After the season, Wijnaldum may not get the praise he deserves. It is likely that he will not be recognized for his performances before he finishes playing for Liverpool or before he retires.
Perhaps, twenty years later, when a group of young Liverpool fans discover a Mignolet No. 1 shirt, they will laugh at their elders for not choosing Wijnaldum's No. 5 shirt, a player who has scored more than 14 goals in three seasons, and then he has been obscure and helped Liverpool win their first Premier League title in 29 years.
That's when his value was revealed.
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