Liverpool could potentially be active in the final week of the transfer window as they look to address their major problem in midfield.
A midfield trio of Jordan Henderson, James Milner and young Harvey Elliott struggled to control the game in Monday evening’s 2-1 defeat to Manchester United. It’s led to many people suggesting they need to sign a new central midfielder before the window closes.
It had been suggested that Liverpool’s summer business was concluded following the extension of Mohamed Salah’s contract and the additions of Darwin Nunez, Fabio Carvalho and Calvin Ramsay.
But the injury situation – Thiago Alcantara, Naby Keita, Curtis Jones and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain are all sidelined – may force a late change of plan.
The club haven’t signed a midfielder since Georginio Wijnaldum left for PSG last summer and Jurgen Klopp has hinted that he would like reinforcements.
“A little difficult [to answer], I’m not really the right person to ask,” Jurgen Klopp told Sky Germany following the result at Old Trafford.
“As a manager, I’d like to have more players who are available, naturally. But that’s all I can say. We’re always working on it.
“But whether we can do something, I don’t know.”
So who could Liverpool go out and sign? Here are five midfielders they’ve been linked with.
Frenkie De Jong
The name that has dominated the transfer gossip columns all summer, Manchester United reportedly had a bid accepted for their number one target De Jong all the way back in mid-July.
But the Netherlands international is said to be reticent to join the Red Devils, despite having his former boss Erik ten Hag at the helm.
There has been no movement on that front in over six weeks, despite Barcelona needing to raise funds in order to register key summer signing Jules Kounde, with De Jong one of their most lucrative, sellable assets.
Chelsea are also said to be keeping tabs on the 25-year-old, while Forbes (quoting a report from Spanish outlet Futbol Total) now claim that Liverpool are prepared to enter the race and will soon table a sizeable bid. Take this one with a pinch of salt, but he certainly fits the profile of the kind of player that Klopp would be looking for.
It remains to be seen whether he can be lured away from Barcelona, and how hard the Catalan club are willing to push him out the exit door, but Liverpool can offer something their fierce rivals can’t – Champions League football.
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