Liverpool may use remaining Premier League games to prepare for next season, says Jamie Carragher

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David Lynch29 May 2020

Liverpool may look to use the remainder of the Premier League season as preparation for the next, Jamie Carragher believes.

The Reds will need just two more wins to secure the title when the English top-flight resumes on June 17 following a hiatus necessitated by the spread of coronavirus.

Should his side secure those points in their first two outings, Jurgen Klopp will have seven fixtures remaining with very little riding on them.

And Carragher feels the German could start laying the foundations for the 2020-21 campaign at that point.

“Listen, Liverpool have won the league,” he told Sky Sports. “Gary just joked before about Liverpool losing every game; I honestly think Liverpool would still win the league as Manchester City would have to win all theirs.

“Jordan Henderson has come out plenty of times in interviews to say ‘it’s not won yet, it’s not won yet.’

“Players know they can’t say it publicly because there’s nothing worse than just saying it and coming across as confident and cocksure. You never take anything for granted.

“The position Liverpool are in, it’s just what game it happens in. I think the Liverpool players now, it’s just get it won as quickly as possible.

“It’s an interesting one from Liverpool’s point of view because if they do win the league in the first couple of games they are one of few teams who have nothing to play for, so it’s a case of how Jurgen Klopp approaches it.

“Will he use it as a preparation for next season to use his squad? There won’t be as much of a break. That will be interesting.”

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