How Joe Gomez has regained his importance to Liverpool involves a ‘passing process’ and his strategy to finally break the goal drought
The end, that is, of a near-decade wait for a goal in a red shirt as the defender reveals the tactical tweak made by Arne Slot that will finally end his scoring duck at the club.
But the end could have come in a more meaningful tone, had things gone more smoothly in the summer. He admits a mooted move to Newcastle was ‘very real’, with Mail Sport revealing at the time how he nearly left for St James’ Park, with Anthony Gordon heading the other way.
‘It was definitely for real,’ he told reporters in the mixed zone after Liverpool’s 1-0 win in Girona on Tuesday night. ‘My focus was always on the club but I know how blessed I am to be here – and it will be 10 years in the summer.
