GK Alex Manninger /// Predicted FIFA 17 OVR 69 /// Latest FIFA 16 OVR 72
Yep, he’s on the squad, he gets a FIFA rating. As anonymous he may be, and while he’ll play a much larger role in real life doing veteran things for the club, he’ll make it into FIFA as the third string keeper at Liverpool.
Manninger was the backup at Augsburg last season and wasn’t retained. He knew he didn’t want his career to end, though he knew his days as a no. 1 were over.
Then he got a phone call and it was Klopp. He admitted never in his wildest dreams did he expect the team interested in him to be a club like Liverpool and he jumped at the opportunity.
Manninger knows he’s likely to never feature at the club, or at least expect to, but he doesn’t care. He’s glad to be here and helping out Karius and the other young keepers, while having one foot towards the backroom staff as a trusted veteran “player”.
-Tom
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