Kostas Tsimikas believes Liverpool can win the lot this season.
The Reds are top of the Premier League with an eight-point lead over Nottingham Forest and a game in hand which leaves them one match shy of the halfway mark of the season. They’re as good as into the last 16 of the Champions League as they top the table in the revamped competition with two games to go.
While they have a Carabao Cup semi-final with Tottenham next month and kick off their FA Cup campaign at home to Accrington Stanley. It’s fair to say that new boss Arne Slot is flying. Now as they prepare to go into the second half of the campaign and welcome Manchester United to Anfield on Sunday, Tsimikas is dreaming big.
He said: “I’m 100 per cent sure I want to win everything. I think this team can win everything, so every competition ahead is clear for us: we have to win every single game we have ahead and [try] to win every competition.
“We set our goals from the start of the season and the only thing we have to do is exactly that, to go out there and show to the world we are good players, we play incredible football and we win football matches.”
Both Manchester United and City have won the Treble of the Premier League, FA Cup and European Cup but no team in England has ever won all four. It’s a long way off coming to fruition with so many big hurdles to clear as the games come thick and fast in the New Year.
But if Mo Salah can keep up his stunning form then anything is possible for the red-hot Reds. He racked up another goal and two assists during the win over West Ham on Sunday. That’s now eight seasons in a row that the Egyptian has bagged 20 goals in a campaign. He’s also got 17 assists and all from 26 appearances.
Tsimikas, who is close friends with Salah, believes the winger is trying to prove to everyone that he’s the best player on the planet.
“I see him more hungry for the Premier League and every competition,” said the Greek defender. “I think he wants to show to everybody that at this time we are now, he is the best football player in the world.
“For me personally, he is. The things he does inside the pitch are incredible, the numbers he does every game, and especially on the training ground with all the work he puts in. He deserves everything and I’m really happy for him.”