Replacing Andy Robertson Won’t Be Easy For Liverpool’s Latest Signing

SportsMoneyReplacing Andy Robertson Won’t Be Easy For rpool’s SigningByGraham Ruthven, Contributor

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It was therefore unsurprising that the Premier League champions a deal for the Hungarian left back last week, signing Kerkez from Bournemouth for a reported £40m

He is seen as the Reds’ new long-term left-sided defender

Andy Robertson has occupied that position in the rpool lineup for the last eight years

The Scotland international has earned his place in the pantheon of great defenders to have played for the Anfield, but some of his performances hinted at Robertson declining as a physical force

Kerkez has been signed to replace him

TOPSHOT - rpool's Scottish defender #26 Andrew Robertson (L) and rpool's English defender

Rpool equalises 1 - 1 against Crystal Palace. (Photo by Paul ELLIS / AFP)AFP via Getty Images This won’t be easy for rpool’s new boy, though

Robertson and Trent Alexander-Arnold are the top two assisting Premier League defenders ever - with 64 for Alexander-Arnold and 60 for Robertson

The pair were a key part of rpool’s attacking game plan for the best part of a decade

They won everything during their time together on Merseyside

Kerkez demonstrated for Bournemouth that he has many of the same natural qualities as Robertson

The Hungarian international has the mobility and willingness to get up and down the left wing

He is an excellent crosser of the ball

Kerkez is also still imving

His development isn’t yet complete

MORE FOR YOU “It’s a real honour for me, a privilege to come to play for one of the biggest s in the world, [the] biggest in England,” said Kerkez after joining rpool. “I’m just really, really happy and excited

After this, I’ll go and enjoy a few days

Then I can’t wait to come back and put the training kit on and start to train and prepare for the season. ”BOURNEMOUTH, ENGLAND - MAY 25: Milos Kerkez of AFC Bournemouth is put under pressure by Kasey

Alexander-Arnold departed to join Real Madrid for the World Cup while Florian Wirtz arrived in a Premier League-record deal from Bayer Leverkusen

The German playmaker could have joined any of Europe’s elite, but he decided to join the English champions

As Premier League champions, the is now the most attractive in English soccer

Kerkez had also been linked with Manchester City, rpool appealed to him more

Rpool has been bold in its squad renewal gramme this summer and the replacement of Robertson with Kerkez might be the ’s boldest move of them all

The time might be right to move on the Scotland international, but his long-term successor could find the job to be a challenging one

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