![Pinterest](https://pinterest.com/pin/create/button/?url=https://uknews.evprotec.com/jurgen-klopps-parting-message-to-fabinho-highlights-big-problem-emerging-at-liverpool/&media=https://uknews.evprotec.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/0_Jurgen-Klopps-parting-message-to-Fabinho-highlights-big-problem-emerging-at-Liverpool.jpg&description=Fabinho has ended his five-year association with Liverpool, completing a move to big-spending Saudi Pro League champions Al Ittihad with the new season just days away Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp has hailed outgoing midfielder Fabinho for his "dirty work," outlining an asset the Reds will now need to replace. The Brazil international moved to Anfield from Monaco in 2018, winning the Champions League in his first season and the Premier League in his second. Liverpool will need to prepare for life without him next term, though, with the 29-year-old joining Saudi outfit Al Ittihad in a deal worth £40million. Fabinho is by no means the only Liverpool star to leave this summer, with Jordan Henderson and Roberto Firmino also moving to Saudi Arabia and James Milner leading an early midfield exodus. Klopp has added to his squad, with Dominik Szoboszlai and Alexis Mac Allister coming on board, but his comments about his departing Brazilian speak volumes. "Fab was for so long the insurance we had more or less in midfield," Klopp told club media. "He always gave us the freedom to play all the fancy stuff. "He was involved in that from time to time as well but loved to be the hoover for the team, loved to do all the dirty work for the team. Together with the centre-halves, when both full-backs were flying right and left, all the strikers, all the midfielders somewhere and then just Fab and the two centre-halves when it looked, 'Oh OK if we lose the ball, there's still a few players at least who can sort that.' And he was massive. "So yeah, we will miss him, definitely. But again, it's like it is. Life is about changes – that's always – and you obviously have to adapt to them. If you don't do that if you stick in the past, something will hold you back – and I'm not that person." How should Liverpool replace Fabinho? Have your say in the comments section Liverpool's home shirt for the 2023/2024 campaign pays homage to Bill Shankly and the legendary Reds manager's final season i){kind=link}
Fabinho has ended his five-year association with Liverpool, completing a move to big-spending Saudi Pro League champions Al Ittihad with the new season just days away
Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp has hailed outgoing midfielder Fabinho for his “dirty work,” outlining an asset the Reds will now need to replace.
The Brazil international moved to Anfield from Monaco in 2018, winning the Champions League in his first season and the Premier League in his second. Liverpool will need to prepare for life without him next term, though, with the 29-year-old joining Saudi outfit Al Ittihad in a deal worth £40million.
Fabinho is by no means the only Liverpool star to leave this summer, with Jordan Henderson and Roberto Firmino also moving to Saudi Arabia and James Milner leading an early midfield exodus. Klopp has added to his squad, with Dominik Szoboszlai and Alexis Mac Allister coming on board, but his comments about his departing Brazilian speak volumes.
“Fab was for so long the insurance we had more or less in midfield,” Klopp told club media. “He always gave us the freedom to play all the fancy stuff.