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Liverpool are preparing for the January transfer window.
Liverpool look set to make their first signing before the January transfer window opens.
United have been linked with a number of names since the end of the summer and the player has long been an intriguing figure for Jurgen Klopp.
Despite engine room restructuring being the sole focus of the summer, Liverpool continue to look for other midfielders to add more options to their number six.
Andre Trindad has been on the radar at Anfield for some time, but the summer move is over and he is now the main name linked with a move to Merseyside in January.
Fluminense have said they will part ways with Andre until at least January as they will need all hands on deck this weekend if they are to win the Copa Libertadores title.
According to sports journalist François Plato, it has been confirmed that the Brazilian has “verbally agreed personal terms with Liverpool” amid interest in signing him in the new year.
However, no official deal has been signed yet and there are other clubs interested in Andre.
One of Liverpool’s main rivals for the midfielder’s signature is Arsenal, who are monitoring the situation with “several clubs in Spain and Italy”.
Every team interested in Andre has heard the same thing: This proposed transfer won’t happen. From Fluminense to the Copa Libertadores final.
The 22-year-old is valued at around €40m and both Arsenal and Liverpool are targeting him.
Andre is under contract with Fluminense until 2026, but the club have resigned over the possibility that this year could be his last game.
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Analysis of Liverpool: Dominik Szoboslzai is unexpectedly expelled as the Premier League gap opens
Dominik Szoboslzai makes an impression during Liverpool’s Premier League match against Nottingham Forest at Anfield.
Szoboszlai unexpectedly banished
It was really a question of time until Dominik Szoboszlai addressed the one issue that was oddly absent from his extraordinarily successful debut at Anfield.
As the Reds attempted to build on the momentum from Diogo Jota’s opening goal, Szoboszlai scored in a characteristically decisive manner ten minutes before halftime.
Following an acceptance of a pass from Jota, the Liverpool midfielder surged into the area for the return pass, sent Mohamed Salah wide, and then pulled the ball back from the byline for Darwin Nunez to score.
Remarkable Szoboszlai’s first direct assist in a competitive game since joining Liverpool in the summer, which scarcely speaks to the impact he has had on the attacking efforts and tempo of the Reds.
He didn’t have to wait long for his second, albeit somewhat against his will as Forest goalie Matt Turner, playing miles outside of his comfort zone, gave the Hungarian’s straightforward clearance a hard time, making Salah just the third player in Liverpool history to score in the team’s first five home games of the season.
Because of his engine, Szoboszlai was always there in the Premier League and ran as hard in the final minute as he did in the first. In just his first ten Premier League appearances, the 23-year-old has already established himself as a mainstay.
Mac Allister is still learning.
Not everything has been that simple for each summer arrival. However, there is increasing assurance that Alexis Mac Allister is adjusting to both his new role in the club and life at Liverpool.
That assertion was reinforced by a strong performance against a constrained but resilient Nottingham Forest, especially in handling the physical demands of playing at number six.
Even if the Argentine never seems to be fully comfortable in the unfamiliar position, in this instance his perseverance was a great asset, best seen when he took Murillo’s possession to start Liverpool’s counterattack and sent Salah running off.
It was reminiscent of his role in setting up the game-winning second goal in the Reds’ derby victory over Everton the previous weekend. This showed promise for Liverpool’s future when Mac Allister is used more upfield in terms of accuracy and passing vision.
However, he is just one booking away from receiving a Premier League suspension—an absence Klopp is unlikely to be able to afford anytime soon.
Wataru Endo, the defensive midfield prospect in waiting, at least received more first-team playing time in the closing stages, and both Ryan Gravenberch and Harvey Elliott, who came on as a second-half substitute, made valuable contributions.
Van Dijk quietens doubters
It would be easy to think Virgil van Dijk is done when you hear the commotion emanating from Holland. Thank goodness, Liverpool is not at all associated with such drivel.
Van Dijk, who had been outstanding in the previous weekend’s victory over Everton, once again excelled against an attacking threat from Forest that was, to put it mildly, only capable of forcing one save out of Alisson Becker, and that was only in the last seconds.
Van Dijk is starting to get used to playing in the later phases of his career. He is readjusting his defensive manoeuvres and keeping in mind that his pace is obviously not as quick as it was when he was younger.
Additionally, it made it possible for Liverpool to maintain consecutive clean sheets in the Premier League for the first time this year. As a matter of fact, only Manchester City and Arsenal have allowed less goals in 10 games than the Reds’ defence, which is still under scrutiny.
This season, Klopp’s team has won eight straight games at Anfield in all competitions, which has helped them to stay up with those two teams as well as the early leaders, Tottenham Hotspur.
The differences between Newcastle United, Manchester United, and Chelsea—who are currently six, eight, and eleven points behind Liverpool, respectively—are more fascinating, though. The previous season taught the Reds that these kinds of discrepancies are difficult to overcome
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