Away from the one loss subsequent to their identify this season within the Premier League, Liverpool have been close to faultless within the top-flight beneath Arne Slot.
Certainly, the high-flying Reds sit on the very prime of the division with a hefty 56 factors accrued from 23 video games as each Arsenal and Nottingham Forest desperately try to compensate for 47 factors every.
If all goes to plan from this level onwards, Slot’s males ought to cruise to a title success throughout their new supervisor’s very profitable first marketing campaign, with the Dutchman now waiting for the long run – away from any silverware to return – with a brand new switch goal.
Liverpool submit provide for teenage star
As per the Day by day Specific, Liverpool have now submitted a suggestion to signal Purple Star Belgrade starlet Andrija Maksimovic.
Aston Villa are additionally named as one other occasion wanting on the Serbian teenager, with Maksimovic’s agent Zoran Stojadinovic additional elaborating that the attacking midfielder might go for a price across the £17m mark.
While this would not be a purchase order for the right here and now, this might nonetheless be an thrilling choose up for the Reds to get carried out, with the 17-year-old a gung-ho model attacking midfielder that may slot into the free-flowing Liverpool facet properly alongside each Mohamed Salah and Luis Diaz.
What Maksimovic might provide Liverpool
Already capped 4 occasions at a senior stage for his nation, Maksimovic might effectively make this subsequent massive step in his profession look easy as effectively.
In any case, the teenager has performed in seven Champions League clashes this season and never look fazed in any respect by the glitz and glamour, with loads of objectives and assists coming his means in each the youth set-up at Purple Star and within the first-team fold.
Amazingly, a elegant free-kick effort earlier within the marketing campaign was Maksimovic’s first-ever senior strike for Purple Star, with the promising Reds goal now as much as three objectives and 4 assists total for his Serbian employers from 23 clashes.
Maksimovic’s youth numbers for Purple Star additional reinforce why his price ticket stands at such a steep £17m, with the 6-foot gem serving to himself to a ridiculous 31 objectives from 33 appearances, earlier than then changing into a constant starter up an age bracket.
Due to this fact, he might slot in beautifully alongside each Salah and Diaz. The pair of them have been distinctive this time period however this transfer might present Slot’s males much more firepower, because the table-toppers are considerably reliant on the dazzling magic of the Egyptian or Diaz as a lone striker.
Staggeringly, Salah has a mixed purpose and help haul within the Premier League alone of 34, while Diaz additionally is available in at double digits at ten.
G/A at Liverpool within the PL (with out Salah & Diaz) | |
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Participant | G/A mixed |
1. Cody Gakpo | 11 |
2. Diogo Jota | 7 |
3. Trent Alexander-Arnold | 7 |
4. Darwin Nunez | 6 |
5. Curtis Jones | 6 |
Stats by Sofascore |
Wanting on the desk above, the objectives and assists are unfold out throughout the squad fairly evenly, however there’s a slight lack of contributions coming from the center of the park with the likes of Dominik Szoboszlai solely on 5 for the marketing campaign.
The Hungarian midfielder performed within the quantity ten position final outing versus AFC Bournemouth, regardless of usually being launched into clashes in a far deeper spot, with there a necessity maybe for Slot to have extra personnel to throw into video games behind the lone striker.
That is the place Maksimovic might turn out to be useful to assist out Salah and Diaz, with Liverpool additionally gaining one other prime teenager within the course of who may very well be used as an impression face like Harvey Elliott and Curtis Jones.
In any case, Liverpool do not want entire host of prompt enhancements this January, with this signing one that might go on to be an impressed buy if all the things goes to plan down the road.
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