By the numbers: why Schlotterbeck outperforms Upamecano and Van Hecke is Liverpool's smartest January option
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Barter, P. 2025. By the numbers: why Schlotterbeck outperforms Upamecano and Van Hecke is Liverpool's smartest January option. SubStack.
| Type | Blog |
|---|---|
| Title | By the numbers: why Schlotterbeck outperforms Upamecano and Van Hecke is Liverpool's smartest January option |
| Authors | Barter, P. |
| Abstract | It might be October, but the club has to be thinking about January already. Right now, we are running with three senior centre-backs. Any deeper into multiple competitions and you are staring down the barrel of seeing Wataru Endo at centre-half. That’s not criticism of Endo, but rather a warning sign of how thin we are. The last time Liverpool gambled with centre-back depth, it cost us the league. This cannot happen again. So, the question is simple. Who is realistic in January, who makes sense for the summer, and who matches the profile that Arne Slot clearly wants? We have three names repeatedly linked. Dayot Upamecano, Nico Schlotterbeck and Jan Paul van Hecke. I have watched the footage, reviewed the data, and here is what I believe. |
| Sustainable Development Goals | 4 Quality education |
| Middlesex University Theme | Health & Wellbeing |
| Publication or Collection | It Was Always... Liverpool |
| Publisher | SubStack |
| Publication dates | |
| Online | 24 Oct 2025 |
| Publication process dates | |
| Accepted | 2025 |
| Deposited | 15 Oct 2026 |
| Output status | Published |
| Web address (URL) | https://www.itwasalwaysliverpool.com/p/by-the-numbers-why-schlotterbeck |
| Language | English |
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