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Liverpool have been the pacesetters this season with eight wins out of eight as the club appears to be in control of the title race. With 30 games remaining, it may seem hasty to proclaim Jurgen Klopp’s side as Champions elect but they certainly look like champions. The German has been able to construct a team that is relentless and capable of defeating different opponents.

Liverpool defender Joel Matip has emerged as a major leader at the back alongside Van Dirk in the past 12 months. The Cameroun defender who arrived from Schalke some few seasons ago has not had the smoothest entry into the first team.

Matip was very much a Klopp signing having starred in Germany in Schalke. Klopp had experienced the defender on full display during his time Dortmund and knew much about him as Schalke are Dortmund bitter rivals.

Virgil van Dijk may definitely not lack for skill or strength, but Daniel has a great belief that leadership has been one of the most important aspects of all the impressive performances which were given by the Dutchman in this season.

It is enough to say, that the number 4 player has not been any less than omnipresent when it comes to the defense of Liverpool that has till now conceded only 18 goals in the 31 games of Premier League. While he has skipped one match of Champions League as the side of Jurgen Klopp have progressed to play the quarter-final with the EC Porto.

Liverpool are currently neck in neck with Manchester City in the race for the League title and the Reds have been able to keep up as a result of their defence. The arrival of Virgil Van Dijk last January has seen the Reds posses one of the best defenders in Europe.

The Dutchman alongside summer signing Allison have been able to change the fortunes of the club with the defence becoming resilient this season. Andy Robertson and Trent Alexander-Arnold have been able to provide the much-needed stability at the fullback positions.

Liverpool havebegun to prepare for the summer as Jurgen Klopp is keen to strengthen the squad in ahead of next season. One player that the reds are looking at is Real Madrid star Marco Asensio according to reports from England.

The Guardian claims that Liverpool has identified the player as a key transfer target and are looking to make a move for the youngster in the summer. Asensio has not enjoyed the best of seasons at the Bernabeu as he has fallen down the pecking order at the club.

Daniel Agger pinpoints the moment, he believes, has changed his career way 4 years back, with his compulsion to leave Liverpool at Anfield. He has been sticking around with Liverpool as a center-back for 8 long years making 232 appearances and earning a lot of popularity until it so happened that he had to finally bid farewell at an age as young as 31. His reason for this reassignment is his frequent injuries. Agger, in his second Liverpool campaign, where he played 26 times, had to withdraw in the 78th minute sustaining a severe back injury that confined him under surgery until October. He made 153 subsequent appearances post-surgery prior to leaving.

Agger expresses his nostalgia on social media sharing one picture of him defending a ball during the Red's 5-0 pre-season in July 2009. After all, he had contributed in the win over Singapore League Select XI, risking himself by falling under the challenge of Noh Alam sham, subsequently leaving him to miss the first three months of 2009/10 season.

Daniel Agger the former defender Danish has pinpointed some of the moments which 'changed many things' in his career – around five years before the time he left Liverpool. The Danish has spent eight years at Anfield, and in his eight years he made 232 appearances total, and with his performances, he became one of the most popular stars of Kop.

But, during his spell at Anfield, his game was interrupted by injury often, and this is the reason that he was forced to take retirement from the game at the 31 just. He said on this it was important to take retirement at this time "The time when I am still ahead". On the social media, Agger shared one of his picture in which he was seen challenging for a ball during the win of Reds' 5-0 pre-season over Singapore League Select XI in the year 2009.

Daniel Agger stressed at the moment that changed his whole career 5years ago, which made him leave Liverpool eventually. The Danish center-back did spend his 8 years of life at Anfield and made 232 appearances. In addition, he was the most renowned stars of the Kop. However, his tenure with Merseyside was mostly interrupted by an injury and was forced to take retirement at the age of only 31. He claimed that retiring was essential to halt while he was still ahead.

Agger shared a photo of him on social media wherein he was challenging to achieve the ball in the Red’s 5-0 pre-season victory over Singapore League Select XI in 2009. The photo shared depicted Agger takes the Noh Alam Sham’s challenge during the victory in Asia which led to missing the initial 3 months of the season of 2009-10. Agger had shown his performances 26 times in the earlier campaign and it saw Liverpool achieve 2nd place. It was, however withdrawn towards the last minute and was not seen anytime sooner than October post undergoing a surgery. After 153 appearances that he made post the surgery, it did appear that the incident which he shared was the root cause of the issues which led to early retirement. He wrote on social media that the little jump changed everything.

Former Liverpool player Alberto Aquilani believes that Jurgen Klopp is the right man to bring the title back to Liverpool. He believes that Liverpool has a squad that can challenge for the title and this is down to the changes that have been made by the German manager.

Alberto Aquilani said that Klopp has already changed the way that Liverpool plays and that the high-pressing and high tempo game suits them well. He believes that Liverpool has one of the best strike force in Europe and that it will be hard for any Premier League opposition to stop them.

Virgil van Dijk has been hailed as the big boss required to bring out the best of defense of Liverpool by Daniel Agger, the former Reds favorite.

The Dane is still 33 and he was a popular figure during 2006-14 at Anfield, it was his time and though injuries blighted his career, with his game he earned the reputation of being a classy ball-playing center-back.