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Steven Gerrard may be the manager of the best side in Scotland right now, but the Liverpool legend will be forced to look for new faces in January after his damning criticism of his side surely raised doubts over Eros Grezda’s future.
What’s he said?
Speaking after the Gers moved top of the Scottish Premiership, Gerrard claimed he was “not interested” in being at the head of the field and instead laid into his side.
“I’m happy we’ve won, I’m happy with a clean sheet, but we need to improve,” he told Rangers TV.
“Without the ball today we were really good – but when we got the ball in good areas we didn’t have a killer instinct.
“[We’re missing] that little bit of quality, someone who is going to step up and kill the game. We should have won this game after five minutes today, we should have been two or three nil up.
“We had 21 corners today. I’m guessing, but we had at least 30 crosses into the box. We’re playing well up to a certain point, but someone is going to want to go and score a goal or want to go and assist a goal to kill Hamilton.”
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What does this mean for Grezda?
Against Hamilton on Sunday, Grezda played the entire 90 minutes from the wing, but the Albanian failed to create a clear chance for a teammate or score a goal for himself.
Had the 23-year-old conjured a clear opportunity, he would have then afforded his coach the luxury of making changes he desired. Instead, the game dragged on, and the visitors could have taken a point or more from Ibrox.
Playing from the wings, in particular, you have a level of demand to create chances for your teammates, and Grezda has only provided one assist in eight league games.
New faces in January
Gerrard is clearly not afraid of mixing things up in Scotland, and has openly expressed his admiration of Everton midfielder Kieran Dowell, who could move to Ibrox in January after Ovie Ejaria returned to Liverpool.
There is also an understanding that the 114-cap England international will look to sell players currently at the club to fund new faces joining in January, but is being held back by the likes of Carlos Pena, who are away on loan.
Sky Sports News quoted the Light Blues’ manager ahead of the Hamilton clash stating: “Some of the players not with me are earning big money compared to the rest of the group. That’s money I could be doing with to recycle, make the team stronger and make it compete better.”
