Liverpool have chance to repeat transfer trick despite brutal 'cowards' exit claim

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Liverpool will come up against one former transfer target when they face struggling Wolves on SaturdayLiverpool’s title defence has admittedly not gone to plan so far this season, with the Reds currently down in fifth in the Premier League table as we near the midway point of the campaign. Their only victories have come in the League Cup, against West Ham United and Everton, while you have to go April 26 when they thrashed relegated Leicester City 3-0 for the last time they picked up maximum points.Consequently, since the start of May, they are on a 21-game league winless run and have only picked up points at home to Brentford on the final day of last season and away at Tottenham Hotspur and at home to Brighton & Hove Albion this year.That point at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium is also the only time they have avoided defeat on the road all season, in all competitions, with their last away win coming at Manchester United back in April.With Wolves heading to Anfield off the back of 11 straight defeats, it would be a huge setback for Liverpool if they were not able to see off the Premier League strugglers next weekend.After all, another defeat for the West Midlands outfit would see them break the record for the Premier League's worst ever winless start to a season.Wolves’ dismal form saw them sack Vitor Pereira at the start of November and replace him with Middlesbrough boss and former player Rob Edwards.But, yet to pick up his first point and with his side already 16 points off safety, it is already looking like it would be the biggest ask for him to guide them to a ‘great escape’.To further add to the chaos, under-fire chairman Jeff Shi stepped down from his role last week following ongoing supporter backlash.Admittedly, Wolves’ woes were not aided by their summer transfer window as key players Matheus Cunha and Rayan Ait-Nouri departed for Manchester United and Man City respectively.While Jorgen Strand Larsen was signed permanently from Celta Vigo after a successful loan, an outlay just over £100m on Fer Lopez, Jhon Arias, David Moller Wolfe, Jackson Tchatchoua and Tolu Arokodare has not paid off.Following defeat to Brentford on Saturday, Matt Doherty called on his team-mates to stand up and fight to survive rather than take the easy way out and look for a move away from the club in January.“This is the worst I’ve felt in a long time,” he admitted in a brutally honest interview.

We’ve got no choice, we’re going to need something, whether that’s in the loan market, or whatever.“People who can see our situation and still want to come and want to help. We’re just going to need something.

We’re going to need some fresh energy.“We’re going to need everyone who’s here now also to find the level of where we were last season, because a lot of us are still here from last season, and last season, we got ourselves to a good level of performance to stay in the league, because we were in a tough spot this time last year as well.“Obviously, this is a lot worse, but we need to find the levels, myself included. We need to do some soul searching and have a look in the mirror and just figure out what we want to be remembered for at the club“Do we want to be remembered for fighting all the way to the end of season, or do we want to be remembered for being cowards and taking the easy option, maybe trying to leave in January, or not fighting and training, and letting other people take your position?“We need to look at ourselves in the mirror and figure out how we want to be remembered at the club.”Understandably, that has not stopped players from being linked with an exit.