Over the past month, Liverpool’s wish-list has slowly but surely been picked off. The Reds were interested in Konrad Leimer in the fall, but he could likely be out for Bayern in the summer.
Enzo Fernandes is close to a £100m-plus move to Chelsea and Arsenal are rumored to be willing to pay over £70m for Brighton player Moises Caicedo.
There is no doubt that Jude Bellingham is in high demand at Anfield, and the England player’s situation has not changed in January. But this does not mean that the transfer of the Dortmund player will be of the cheap kind.
There is no doubt that Jurgen Klopp has a strong need for more players in and out next season, so what else can get them for cheap before then? We’ve taken a look.
Good, solid players available
There are many good and capable players on their way to leader status. In the English Premier League, it is possible to acquire Youri Tielemans (Leicester), Jorginho (Chelsea), N’Golo Kante (Chelsea), Ilkay Gundogan (Manchester City) and Wilfried Zaha (Crystal Palace).
Tielemans is a player many wanted, but the club didn’t seem to think in his direction. He is also the only one on the Premier League list who has not yet turned 30. Nacional reported yesterday afternoon that Klopp is interested in Kante, but do the Reds need an injury-hit midfielder?
Abroad, there are also many good candidates in the outgoing contracts. Milan Skriniar from Inter could be a solution in central defence, if one of the four Reds players in that position disappears this summer. The Croatian is only 27 years old, but he has been linked with Paris Saint-Germain recently.
In the midfield, which is undoubtedly the weakest link of the Reds, you can find players such as Daichi Kamada (Eintracht Frankfurt), Houssem El Aouar (Lyon), who has been associated with the Reds in the past, and Dani Ceballos (Real Madrid). .
Marcus Thuram (Mönchengladbach), who did well in the World Cup with France, was not until the summer.
You can see the full list at Transfermarkt.com.
It’s not entirely out of the question that Jurgen Klopp and sporting director Julian Ward are already looking at players, checking out the odds of picking one up on the cheap during the day. However, there is no indication that anything else will happen in January.
In Liverpool, the contracts of Naby Keita, Roberto Firmino, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, James Milner and Adrian have expired.
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