Sam Allardyce urges Liverpool to sign Jurgen Klopp's 'favourite' player
Sam Allardyce has backed Jarrod Bowen to succeed should he transfer to Liverpool - days after Jurgen Klopp called the 27-year-old his 'favourite' footballer not already a part of his own squad.
Despite crashing out of the Carabao Cup at the hands of Liverpool on Wednesday, Bowen gave the travelling West Ham supporters some reprieve with a consolation goal in front of the new Anfield Road stand. It was his second goal of the season against Liverpool having netted in the Reds' 3-1 Premier League home win back in September, and caused Klopp to make some extremely complimentary remarks.
"[He is] probably my favourite player besides all my players, I have to say. It's great what he is doing and how he has developed," the Liverpool boss said after the final whistle.
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Bowen is approaching his fourth year as a West Ham player, during which time he has scored 52 goals and provided 35 assists. It helped to earn his first England call-up in the summer of 2022 and perhaps his most career-defining moment was scoring the winner in last season's Europa Conference League Final to win the Hammers their first major trophy in over 40 years.
There is also the matter of Mohamed Salah heading away to compete in AFCON with Egypt next month, and even further down the line a transfer debate to solve involving the 201-goal winger. All of this considered, Allardyce was asked: "Is Jarrod Bowen the closest player to Mo Salah in terms of position and style? Is he someone Liverpool should be looking at soon?
Speaking on the No Tippy Tappy Football podcast, the former
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