The Argentine World Cup winner, Alexis Mac Allister has already made a quick impression with his new boss at Liverpool, earning a nickname from him as well.
Jurgen Klopp has delved into Liverpool’s past to find a nickname for new boy Alexis Mac Allister – and he’ll hope it can be a lucky omen.
Mac Allister was the first signing of the summer after the Reds signed him from Brighton for a mere £35m.
Klopp calls Mac Allister as Gary – Former Liverpool player
Klopp has called his new Liverpool recruit, Mac Allister as ‘Gary’ in a nod to the Reds’ former midfielder.
Scot Gary McAllister raised eyebrows when he arrived at Liverpool on a free transfer in 2000 at the age of 35.
However, his ability and experience helped Liverpool to a treble of FA Cup, League Cup, and UEFA Cup in his first full season.
He left in 2002 as a Reds legend despite his relatively short time at the club. Mac Allister joins a Liverpool side who have been demoted to Europe’s second-tier competition.
The coming campaign, they would be playing in the Europa League for the first time since 2016 and the first time under Klopp.
Klopp is hoping that Gary along with Szoboszlai could hit the ground running in their pre-season under the German.
He expressed his happiness about the two signings so far.
“Very happy! Two very good players.
I was immediately thinking about nicknames and I thought it would be great nickname for Alexis… Gary! He plays pretty good football, obviously, the same as Dom.
I was pretty clear in the moment we signed them, the public reception was pretty good, internally it was outstanding, the boys know about football so they were immediately like, ‘Oh my God…’ so that’s really good.
Now they are here and didn’t take long, let me say, to impress on the pitch as well, so that’s good. How I said, some changes, Trent cut his hair – [back to] the most successful haircut in his career, so he sacrificed the cool look for success, I like that!”
The Reds travel to Germany on Saturday ahead of their first pre-season friendly of the summer against Karlsruher.
Klopp remains in good spirits despite ongoing transfer speculation around midfield pair Jordan Henderson and Fabinho.
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