Liverpool is prepared to offer him a starting position in the first team, to entice the £52 million January target to Anfield.

Liverpool may pull off a major effort to sign Goncalo Inacio in an attempt to fulfil their desire for a left-footed centre back.

According to Paisley Gates, the Spanish publication Nacional has now reported that the Reds are willing to give the 22-year-old defender a starting position in the squad in order to convince him to choose them over other suitors.

Real Madrid and Barcelona, the two biggest teams in La Liga, are rumoured to be interested in this.

Liverpool needs to present the cash.
Sporting will be unable to let the Portuguese centre back go for anything less than his £52.5 million release clause.

Although that amount shouldn’t necessarily discourage us in the next transfer window, we find it difficult to believe that the club is supposedly offering a starting position.

Virgil van DIjk was at his most commanding again, therefore Jurgen Klopp couldn’t possibly approve of this move, right?

That would therefore require either Inacio to play in a less natural position and push out Ibrahima Konate or a tactical swap that would let him to play in a back three, which is what he is now doing.

For one, albeit talented, center-back signing, there have been quite a few changes.

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Following Konate’s injury, Didier Deschamps answers to Jurgen Klopp’s criticism of “rest”

After Jurgen Klopp recently criticised Ibrahima Konate for being left out of the France team owing to a hamstring issue, manager Didier Deschamps has responded.

Due to an injury sustained last week, Konate will miss France’s forthcoming Euro 2024 qualifiers against Gibraltar on November 18 and Greece on November 21.

Axel Disasi of Chelsea will take the 24-year-old’s place, the French Football Federation revealed in a statement on Sunday night, citing a “small muscle injury to his left hamstring.”

A “approximately two weeks” rehabilitation period has already been established, indicating that Konate should be ready for Liverpool’s November 25 match against Man City.

It follows sardonic criticism of Deschamps’ usage of Konate during the October break, with Klopp telling the French manager that “that’s how you rest a player” following the Reds’ 5-1 victory against Toulouse at home.

When questioned about Klopp’s remarks during a press conference on Monday, Deschamps stated, “It probably happened in the past and it will happen again at other moments.”

“Because national team managers and club managers have different circumstances and goals.

“Like any manager, I try to manage them.” They are able to handle them a little better during weeks when there are three games. We are here, and we are playing two games.

Didier Deschamps

French publication RMC Sport published Deschamps’ measured remarks, in which the 55-year-old went into additional detail regarding Konate’s injury.

The choice was taken not to jeopardise Liverpool’s No. 5 so that “there is no problem for the rest of season in this calendar year,” according to the former midfielder for Marseille, Juventus, and Chelsea.

“Ibou, as we previously informed you, did not participate in the Liverpool match in Toulouse, but he prepared for a potential role throughout the game,” Deschamps stated.

“He experienced a hamstring issue. His testing came back normal, though.

He requires some time to avoid taking any chances. He had already had an injury there.

Neither the player’s nor my interests were served by it. He could have only been available for training on Friday or Saturday, at best.

Joel Matip may still start for Man City against Liverpool, but if Deschamps is right, Konate should be ready