Already excited about summer season reinforcements, Liverpool are actually reportedly forward within the race to signal an attacking addition price as a lot as £50m after he not too long ago starred in opposition to Andrew Robertson.
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While their late 2-2 draw in opposition to Everton within the ultimate Merseyside derby at Goodison Park can have left them stuffed with frustration, Liverpool have larger issues to unravel off the pitch.
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Liverpool failed to beat Everton’s physicality within the Merseyside derby.
Mohamed Salah, Virgil van Dijk and Trent Alexander-Arnold appear no nearer to penning new offers on the membership and can all go away as free brokers this summer season as issues stand in what could be a nightmare for these at Anfield.
For any membership to lose three of their largest stars in a single summer season would signify the final word catastrophe, however when these three gamers are among the many finest on this planet it turns into that a lot worse. And if Liverpool wanted any reminder of that high quality, then Salah’s twenty second aim of the season to go away his crown glistening in a Ballon d’Or-worthy marketing campaign ought to have given them precisely that.
As unbelievable as Salah has been this season, nonetheless, the fact is that the Premier League leaders are on the right track to lose arguably the most effective participant on this planet and should contemplate their choices if that continues to be the case in the summertime.
With that mentioned, in accordance with Caught Offside, Liverpool are actually forward within the race to signal Johan Bakayoko this summer season. The PSV Eindhoven winger is reportedly price between €50m-60m (£42m-50m) and is eager on a transfer to the Premier League amid severe curiosity from each these at Anfield and Arsenal.
A gifted right-winger, Bakayoko needs to be among the many prime candidates to carry out mission unimaginable and exchange Salah at Liverpool, ought to the Egyptian depart on the finish of the marketing campaign.
“Explosive” Bakayoko has already handed Liverpool audition
If Liverpool have been eager to witness Bakayoko’s high quality for themselves then they bought the close-up look they wished when he left each Robertson and Jarell Quansah watching on from the bottom as he thumped house PSV’s first in an eventual 3-2 victory.
When the summer season arrives, Robertson could be hoping to get a extra formal introduction to Bakayoko reasonably than trying on from under because the Belgian handed him a second to overlook.
It isn’t simply the Liverpool left-back who has struggled up in opposition to the PSV star this season although. With 10 objectives and three assists in all competitions up to now this season, the 21-year-old has been a thorn in lots of sides and has solely added credit score to Ben Mattinson’s optimistic verdict.
The analyst praised Bakayoko’s “explosive first step” and claimed that he has an “wonderful iQ”, which these within the Netherlands have actually seen for themselves this season.
So, if that actually is to be that for Salah following a historic Liverpool tenure, then Bakayoko needs to be among the many names that the Reds flip to when the summer season switch window swings open.
