Liverpool have boosted their attacking options with the signing of Diogo Jota from Wolverhampton Wanderers in a deal reportedly worth £45m.
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Since signing for Liverpool in 2016 times, Mane has missed just 25 Premier League matches, playing 129 games and has been fairly injury-free.
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And it’s a similar case with Jota. Just take a look at the heat maps above, they’re almost identical.
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A backup for Mane?
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But that’s perhaps because Jota took a beating from opposition players before he had the chance to hurt their defences. The Portuguese forward was fouled 61 times in total in the Premier League last season, 24 of which were in the final third of the pitch. Mane was the only member of Liverpool’s front three to come close to Jota’s fouls, winning 51 (20 in the final third).
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But with Jota it’s different.
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In Jota, Jurgen Klopp has signed an exciting winger who was such a key part of Wolves’ return to the Premier League and subsequent Europa League journey.
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Jota scored seven goals, bettered only by Jimenez among his Wolves teammates while also creating 29 chances, though he ended with just one assist.
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“It makes it just more unpredictable and gives us real options for different systems because he can play pretty much all three positions up front in a 4-3-3, if we play with four midfielders he can play both wings.”
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paired centrally alongside Raul Jimenez in the Wolves attack, benefitting from the 3-5-2 system used by Nuno Espirito Santo.
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Jota played a total of 131 games across three years at the Midlands club, scoring 44 goals.
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