How should Liverpool handle the Gini situation after his contract rejection?

What should the club do with the Dutchman?

As per the player, he has no desire to leave Anfield and wants to stay but only for the right offer. Adding pressure to the standoff, Barcelona waits in the midst for a possible free transfer.

The player is in the final six months of his contract and is free to talk to any club abroad about a possible switch as of January the 1st.

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Do the Reds cave-in to his demands? Are his demands unreasonable? Should he be more realistic about what he deserves? What should Jurgen Klopp and Liverpool’s hierarchy do in this GIni situation?

Wijnaldum’s role in the team?

He is always an option being available all the time thanks to barely being out injured. His presence in the middle of the park is always felt and if he goes missing in a fixture, which is seldom, Liverpool typically have a bad game.

Able to disrupt play and steal the ball off an opposition player with ease and then turn defence into attack is sort of his trademark. But having a say with goals and assists is one of the weaker aspects of his game.

The Dutchman is yet to make an assist this season and hasn’t made one for the past three campaigns. That’s no assists in 89 Premier League outings! Adding to his poor form in aiding his front line he has scored once this term.

Last season he scored four, the one before that only three, and then prior to that a single goal for the campaign. There is no denying that goals and assists do not make up Gini the man who eats up free space on a football pitch.

Yet, this Reds squad is struggling for wins and crying out for midfielder who can contribute more by scoring from range or picking out a killer pass – is he really worth £200k upwards if he can’t apply this part of his game better?

Yes, the player comes through in big matches when you think back to 2019 against Barcelona where he put in a super-sub performance. But this is needed regularly and should not be as sporadic as it has been since his time at Merseyside.