Liverpool analysis: why Araújo is worth the risk, Mbaye looks a must and midfield balance worries me [Website contribution]

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Barter, P. 2026. Liverpool analysis: why Araújo is worth the risk, Mbaye looks a must and midfield balance worries me [Website contribution]. SubStack.

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Title	Liverpool analysis: why Araújo is worth the risk, Mbaye looks a must and midfield balance worries me [Website contribution]
Authors	Barter, P.
Abstract	There are three areas of this Liverpool squad that I find particularly interesting as we head towards the new season. Ronald Araújo has arrived on loan from Barcelona, Ibrahim Mbaye is a young winger I would absolutely like Liverpool to sign, and the possible midfield combination of Ryan Gravenberch, Dominik Szoboszlai and Florian Wirtz raises some genuine questions. None of those discussions is particularly straightforward. Araújo has barely played enough football over the past two years to make completely confident predictions. Mbaye is only 18 and has played fewer than 1,000 senior minutes. Gravenberch, Szoboszlai and Wirtz are all extremely talented footballers. The numbers, however, give us something tangible to work with.
Sustainable Development Goals	4 Quality education
Middlesex University Theme	Health & Wellbeing
Publication or Collection	It Was Always... Liverpool
Publisher	SubStack
Online	16 Aug 2026
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Accepted	2026
Deposited	01 Oct 2026
Output status	Published
Web address (URL)	https://www.itwasalwaysliverpool.com/p/liverpool-analysis-why-araujo-is
Language	English

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