He was Liverpool's star, he was a Ballon d'Or candidate, now he is the worst player

Red's sinking into mediocrity and poor decision making that has them in crisis

30/01/2023, 05:07 AM +00:00

The defeat on the Coast against Brighton Hove Albion went deep into the Red's dressing room, who once again saw the face of disappointment within the Ther Pool fans who gathered at the Falmer Stadium, and this failure marked the farewell to compete in the FA Cup, where until a few days ago they were the champions. Klopp will now have to lift the spirits of a battered squad.

In the analysis of the game against the Seagulls, we can highlight many collective mistakes and disappointments, but also individual ones, such as the case of the Brazilian Fabinho, the 29-year-old midfielder who was once a finalist for the Ballon d'Or in the previous edition, where he shared the nomination with his club teammate Trent Alexander-Arnold.

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Fabinho, who arrived at Anfield in 2018 from AS Monaco for a fee in excess of 50 million, is now a player who has one foot out of the team, at least on the part of the fans, who do not forgive the little commitment he has shown in recent dates, where he has remained as a luxury substitute for his high salary cost of 11.21 million a year.

The Brazil national team player has been dragging the hangover from the Qatar 2022 World Cup, where he barely played 90 minutes in the tournament and warmed the bench in four of the five matches that Brazil had. Fabinho is one of the disappointments for the Red's this season, as he played less than 10 minutes against Brighton, doing nothing on the pitch.

Fabinho has performed poorly

Fabinho came to be in the orbit of top clubs in the world, and at some point there was even talk of his departure from Anfield, but he preferred to stay and that, buried his career, since being able to win a Ballon d'Or, he became a substitute and lost the confidence of coach Jürgen Klopp, who would not see bad his departure, because now the Red's more than ever need to sell their assets to bring better players and reverse this terrible situation they are going through.