Sepp 先頭 den Berg has clocked a 速度(を上げる） of almost 35kmh, earned rave reviews on 貸付金 at Mainz and is 率d の中で the best young defenders in Europe... Liverpool may already have an ideal centre-支援する on the 調書をとる／予約するs and can 避ける splashing out this summer

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Whatever happens at Liverpool?in this time of 涙／ほころびs and turbulence and mud-slinging に向かって strikers, don't forget this - they should 昇格 their defence.??

Sir Alex Ferguson's old adage says that your defence 勝利，勝つs you 肩書を与えるs, and while Liverpool's 支援する-line has been good this season, it hasn't been imperious.?

With 36 goals 譲歩するd in 35 games, the Reds lag behind the superior 記録，記録的な／記録するs of 兵器庫 (28) and Manchester City (32), and the （米）棚上げする／（英）提議する 反映するs that.?

Losing Joel Matip, Andy Robertson, and Trent Alexander-Arnold to 傷害s has been a mitigating factor, as has losing Fabinho - that eternal midfield 保護物，者 - to the clutches of Saudi cash. Matip, immobilised and out of 契約 this summer, is likely to 出発／死.??

Jarell Quansah has stepped in 井戸／弁護士席, but his pairing with Virgil 先頭 Dijk?does not yet equate to a Gabriel-William Saliba level of solidity.?

Could Sepp 先頭 den Berg, on 貸付金 at Mainz, be the answer to Liverpool's 防御の 問題／発行するs?

He is 階級d の中で Europe's 最高の，を越す young defenders and has played the most minutes for Mainz

So, what to do? Splash the cash? 井戸／弁護士席, some think could have an oven-ready 選択 to step up in Sepp 先頭 den Berg.?

Perennially farmed out on 貸付金, the 22-year-old has 支持を得ようと努めるd admirers with good 業績／成果s at Mainz in the Bundesliga this season.?

He is 率d as the best under-23 centre-支援する in Europe's 最高の，を越す five leagues by WhoScored.com - you'll never sing that. 先頭 den Berg will be telling his grandchildren about it.?

Could he really be the answer, a panacea hidden in the 'send on 貸付金' 名簿（に載せる）／表（にあげる）?

In Mail Sport's estimation, the Dutchman should play some 役割 at Liverpool next season, but it's a 危険 to count him as an instant 昇格. Here's why.?

Why he deserves a chance?

One of the main things 先頭 den Berg has going for him is his pace - and how that fits Liverpool's needs.?

This season, he has clocked a 最高の，を越す 速度(を上げる） of 34.78kmh with Mainz, faster than any other Liverpool centre-支援する.?

Ibrahima Konate's 回復 pace is a big 資産 to Liverpool and 追加するing somebody who can 改善する on that is a 加える.

先頭 den Berg is faster than Liverpool's other defenders, good in the 空気／公表する, and a decent passer

Joel Matip could leave Liverpool in the summer as his 契約 is 満了する／死ぬing and he has spent most of this season 負傷させるd?

It's 特に 関連した to Liverpool because of the high line they play.?

によれば Opta, the 普通の／平均（する） start position of Liverpool's attacks - how high the defence is when they 回復する the ball - is 44.6 metres, the third-highest in the league.

It's a high-危険, high-reward 戦略, and it's ありそうもない to change under Arne Slot, who looks 運命にあるd to be their next boss.?

Slot's two idols are Klopp and Guardiola and he is known as a わずかに gung-売春婦 攻撃者, so we can 推定する／予想する Liverpool's 賭事s to continue.

A 潜在的に pivotal factor in 先頭 den Berg's 未来 is the fact that he and Slot were at PEC Zwolle's 学院 at the same time.

It is 不明瞭な if they crossed paths, but a teenage 先頭 den Berg was in the Dutch club's 始める，決める-up at the same time Slot began his coaching career.??

Regarding his other せいにするs, he is also a good last-溝へはまらせる／不時着する defender. He is in the 最高の，を越す 10 per cent of Bundesliga defenders for 封鎖するs, 通関手続き／一掃s, and 空中の duels won.?

In fact, only Heidenheim's Tim Kleindienst has won more 戦う／戦いs up high than 先頭 den Berg, who stands at six foot, three feet tall. He has chipped in with a couple of 長，率いるd goals.?

先頭 den Berg 伸び（る）d experience playing as a wing-支援する at Preston and won over fans?

Preston had him 支援する for a second season and he received 賞賛する for his 成熟?

He is fifth in total duels won in the Bundesliga with 348.?

His passing 正確 is 87.55 per cent, higher than Liverpool's 現在の 普通の／平均（する）, though it's good to be 用心深い about placing too much value on that.?

明確に he is good at 保持するing 所有／入手, but can he 攻撃する，衝突する a cross-field ball that the likes of Alexander-Arnold and 先頭 Dijk can? That remains to be seen.?

Another 質 going for him is his versatility.

After struggling to get games on 貸付金 at Preston in 2020/21, he switched out to 右翼-支援する and broke into the team. The Lilywhites were so impressed that they had him 支援する for the next season.

Jack Goodwin, a commentator on Preston, tells Mail Sport of fond memories. 'He had a real 成熟 to his game, with a 安定した calmness on the ball and suprisingly quick pace to cover the slower middle centre-支援する.

'I didn’t think he was ready for 首相 League football when he 出発／死d Deepdale in 2022, but I have no 疑問 that with two years of Bundesliga football under his belt, he would be ready to make the first-team squad at Liverpool.'

When he reached his 50-game 目印 for Preston - he 結局 played 66 - 地元の PNE reporter?George Hodgson told Anfield Watch: '[He has been] 優れた. I think I speak for all PNE fans when I say I don’t want him to ever leave.

Arne Slot will have a 決定／判定勝ち（する） to make over 先頭 den Berg. The two of them 株d time at PEC Zwolle's 学院, though it is 不明瞭な if they crossed paths?

'He’s bought into the club, the 支持者s adore him and he 成し遂げるs to a 終始一貫して high 基準, playing with such 成熟 for his age.

'Doesn’t moan, gets on with his 職業 and is one of the first 指名するs on the teamsheet. It was a 抱擁する 上げる to get him 支援する for this season.'

He also 伸び（る）d experience in the 権利-味方するd centre-支援する 役割 and won the 賞賛するs of three 経営者／支配人s in Alex Neil, Frankie McAvoy, and Ryan Lowe.?

All of this is very useful, 申し込む／申し出ing Slot to 実験 playing Alexander-Arnold higher 今後 if he みなすs 先頭 den Berg suitable as a 十分な-支援する.?

The fact that he has played the 共同の-most Bundesliga minutes for Mainz this season speaks 容積／容量s about his consistency and fitness.?

With Matip likely to wave goodbye, it seems sensible to give 先頭 den Berg a 発射, at least in a bit-part 役割.?

自然に, most fans would 信用 Gomez, Konate, and Quansah more to begin with, but he could surprise a few and find himself higher in the つつく／ペックing order than 推定する／予想するd, 特に if 傷害s come into play.?

Why he is a 危険??

It's 価値（がある） qualifying what we mean by '危険', here.?

先頭 den Berg is 明確に a 有能な defender and is 価値（がある） 信用ing with a place in the squad.?

But 許すing Matip to 出発／死 and not bringing in a proven 交替／補充 will leave Liverpool in a worse position defensively on paper. When Matip is fit, he partners 先頭 Dijk, end of story.?

It sounds hackneyed, but 先頭 den Berg has never 削減（する） it at an エリート level. Mainz sit in the relegation play-off zone. Last season, he was relegate d with Schalke, who had a horrendous 防御の 記録，記録的な／記録する, though he only played nine games 予定 to 傷害 lay-offs. They 譲歩するd 21 goals in those nine games.?

Josko Gvardiol, who Man City bought for £78m from RB Leipzig in the summer, recently told BBC Sport that he was 'exhausted'. He has started 32 games, not 50.?

Josko Gvardiol says he is 'exhausted' after 移行ing from the Bundesliga to Man City

That's not having a dig at Gvardiol. He has been a 罰金 新規加入 to Pep Guardiola's 味方する.

It serves to 論証する that the physicality of 首相 League football is a 移行 that players struggle with.?

Gvardiol already knew what European runs were like with Leipzig and Dinamo Zagreb before joining City, yet a player of his calibre still feels the 影響s.?

If Klopp didn't think he was ready for this season, it's a big ask to 推定する／予想する him to 終始一貫して start in an エリート team next （選挙などの）運動をする.?

Rune Gjerulff Peterson, editor of Bundesliga news website Bulinews, thinks another 貸付金 would be a good move for the defender.?

He told Mail Sport: 'I think it would be a 賭事 for the Reds to line him up as a starting CB at this 行う／開催する／段階. Based on his （一定の）期間 at Mainz, he hasn't given me any 推論する／理由 to 疑問 that he can make that step 結局, but whether he can do it straight away is the big question.?

'Perhaps it would be good for him to go out on 貸付金 to a club at a level somewhere between Mainz and Liverpool to get some 価値のある experience of playing big games and European football.'

What does 先頭 den Berg himself think?

'I think I am doing 井戸／弁護士席. I can 扱う the level at Liverpool, I can compete, but of course it is still a difference. Virgil and Konate are not small boys,' he said in February.?

先頭 den Berg wants to play 正規の／正選手 football and could leave if he doesn't get enough minutes

'If I go 支援する to Liverp ool, they may want me to stay. If I notice that a lot of playing time is not 利用できる, then I may have to make the choice to leave. For me it is really important that I play.'?

And therein lies the crux of it. 先頭 den Berg wants to play 正規の／正選手 football. If he doesn't, he'll want to go, and all the 力／強力にする to him for 支援 himself.

'In the years before, I did not have the feeling that I would be in the starting line-up next to Virgil at Liverpool. I don't know yet what that will be like next summer.?

He has 企て，努力，提案d his time at Liverpool and a succession of 貸付金s, but it doesn't appear that he has the same patience に向かって （法廷の）裁判-warming as?Caoimhin Kelleher.

Over to you, Arne Slot (probably). And Michael Edwards and Richards Hughes, scurrying through the stats in their offices. How much of a 役割 do you want to give 先頭 den Berg? Enough game time to keep him happy??

With his 業績／成果s this season, he won't be short of admirers どこかよそで, that's for sure.??