Paul Merson says Liverpool’s Divock Origi won’t get into Arsenal team

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Divock Origi has struggled to make an impact at Liverpool.

Paul Merson has written in The Daily Star that Liverpool striker Divock Origi will not get into the Arsenal team.

The former Arsenal attacking midfielder made the comments while sharing his opinion on Liverpool’s failure to win against West Ham United away from home at the London Stadium in the Premier League on Monday evening.

Manager Jurgen Klopp brought striker Origi on as a substitute in the 75th minute, and the Belgium international striker failed to make the most of a good chance.

Merson wrote in The Daily Star: “They were struggling against West Ham and brought on Divock Origi to try to win them the game.

“No disrespect to him but Origi wouldn’t get in Arsenal’s team and James Milner at right-back seems to be struggling.”

Divock Origi struggles

Origi has struggled to make an impact at Liverpool since his move from Lille in the summer of 2014 for a transfer fee reported by BBC Sport to be worth £10 million and when Brendan Rodgers – now the manager of Celtic – was in charge of the Reds.

Loan spells at Lille and VfL Wolfsburg have not been exactly great, and the 23-year-old striker is now nothing more than a squad player.

The Belgian youngster is certainly talented, but until and unless he gets to play regular football, he is not going to develop or improve much.