Thiago joined league champions Liverpool from Bundesliga and Champions League winners Bayern Munich this month and impressed in a 45-minute cameo during their win over Chelsea. "I suspect that many current Premier League players may find Thiago as difficult to deal with (as Zico)," former Liverpool captain Souness wrote in his column https://www.thetimes.co.uk/edition/sport/thiago-alcantara-reminds-me-of-zico-he-will-take-liverpool-to-a-level-that-arsenal-are-nowhere-near-under-mikel-arteta-9skjcdzft for the Sunday Times. "Thiago ticks all the boxes - tremendous work rate, vastly experienced, he's a creator but doesn't shy away from the hard yards either." "If Thiago is a signing to top off a team that was already strong enough to retain the Premier League, then Arsenal are nowhere near challenging for it," Souness added. Trying to retain the FA Cup, a decent run in Europe and maybe the Carabao (League) Cup."

Source: The Star September 27, 2020 04:41 UTC