‘Euro glory would make Liverpool the best ever’

LIVERPOOL – Having already won the FA Cup and League Cup, Jurgen Klopp’s side face Spanish champions Real in Paris with a treble in their sights.

Liverpool narrowly missed out on a potential quadruple when Manchester City pipped them of to the Premier League title by a single point on the last day of the season.

But the Reds can still cap an incredible season by winning the club’s seventh European Cup at the Stade de France.

McManaman, who starred for Liverpool in the 1990s and also won two Champions Leagues with Real Madrid, believes that would lift Klopp’s men into rarified air as the finest English side of all-time.

“For Liverpool to get three trophies and accumulate 92 points, having played every single game possible. I think that would be the greatest achievement, I really do,” McManaman told AFP.

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“I think they should be ranked as the top. To get 92 points, in any other season, that effectively wins you the league. If Liverpool had got 50 points I wouldn’t be making this statement.”

McManaman is well aware of the rival claims to be considered the best ever, but he insists none would surpass Liverpool if they emerge from a marathon 63game campaign with three pieces of silverware.

“Of the teams that have done the treble, everyone considers Man United in 1999 to be the best because they won the Champions League and the Premier League,” he said.

“It is a marvellous achievement. But when you look at it, they got knocked out in the League Cup quarterfinals.

“When Manchester City did it in 2019, they got knocked out in the Champions League quarterfinals. Even when Liverpool did it in the 80s, with that incredible team, they got knocked out in the FA Cup fourth round by Brighton.

“You will have Man United fans saying ‘he’s talking rubbish’. But when you put it all into context, I think it’s the best.”