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da fezbet： Liverpool were linked with Napoli star Fabian Ruiz last month, and the Spain international showed exactly why on Tuesday night against Sweden.
Calciomercato claimed last month that the Reds are one of four clubs chasing Ruiz, and The Daily Mail reported a week later that Real Madrid, Barcelona and the Merseysiders all want the 23 year-old.
With both Naby Keita and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain struggling through various injuries during their time at Anfield, it is certainly feasible that Jurgen Klopp could seek another addition in the centre of the park, and Ruiz showed on Tuesday he could be everything Keita was supposed to be.
A little bit of everything, best of both worlds, the perfect hybrid. Those were the types of words used to describe Keita upon his arrival, due to his stats representing an almost flawless all-round game.
Indeed, in his final Bundesliga season with RB Leipzig, the Guinea international scored six goals and provided five assists, averaged 1.6 shots, 1.4 key passes and 2.5 dribbles per game while also boasting an impressive 2.4 tackles and 1.3 interceptions each match, per WhoScored.
At Liverpool though, every single one of those numbers has declined drastically, and Ruiz is now posting similar numbers in Italy to those that Keita did in Germany.
In six Serie A showings this campaign, the Spaniard averages 2.7 shots per game, 1.7 key passes, 1.2 dribbles, 1.2 tackles and 1.7 interceptions.
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Against Sweden on Tuesday, not only did he secure the highest Sofascore rating of any player while setting up the last-minute goal that put his country into next summer’s European Championship, he dropped an almost perfect performance on both sides of the ball.
He led the game in touches with 115, but only gave the ball away seven times, racking up a 94% passing accuracy. To put that into perspective, the second highest-rated player, Dani Carvajal, gave the ball away 19 times and recorded 88% passing.
Ruiz won all five of his duels, including three tackles, and his aforementioned assist was just one of four total key passes on the night. Of the eight long balls he attempted, six of them were successful, while he also completed the only dribble he attempted and registered a shot on target.
It really was the type of box-to-box, commanding, dominating display that Keita was supposed to bring with him to Anfield, and the Reds’ reported interested in Ruiz looks more and more believable with every passing performance.