Liverpool maintain interest in Manu Kone and Khephren Thuram

Liverpool are said to remain interested in French midfield duo Manu Kone and Khephren Thuram as they are set to miss another midfield goal for Chelsea in Romeo Lavia.

So says Fabrizio Romano (via his exclusive CaughtOffside column), who says that despite reports to the contrary, Liverpool never agreed with Southampton over Romeo Lavia as they knew the move to Chelsea was his preference ever since.
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Liverpool are keen to sign a midfielder before the start of the transfer window, but Todd Boehly’s Chelsea are downright bullying them in the transfer market. The Blues have already beaten them with the signing of Moises Caicedo from Brighton for a British record £115million.

The Stamford Bridge club also appear to have prevailed in the pursuit of Southampton’s Romeo Lavia, who is due to undergo a medical ahead of a £55million move. Liverpool had already seen three bids for the Belgian prodigy rejected.

Liverpool may be forced to look elsewhere for midfield reinforcements. And according to transfer pundit Fabrizio Romano, the Reds may be revisiting their interest in some previous transfer targets as they continue to keep tabs on both Kone and Thuram after being heavily linked with the French pair earlier this summer.

Thuram, for example, has been enjoying himself at his best and is fast becoming a star in Ligue 1. His stock will only rise after this summer. Last month he appeared en route to Liverpool after reports that Liverpool had made personal arrangements with the OGC Nice midfielder but the Reds never made a formal offer.

While the Frenchman is a phenomenal talent, it made sense to drop interest in the 22-year-old as the Reds need a specialist defensive midfielder and likewise Thuram can be more of an attacking player, playing from box in box, fit for summer recruits Alexis Mac Allister and Dominik Szoboszlai.

To that end, Liverpool would be wise to rekindle their interest in Manu Kone. The young Borussia Mönchengladbach midfielder was also seen as a key interest for Liverpool earlier this summer. However, he was sidelined for six weeks with a knee injury sustained during the European Under-21 Championship, effectively ruling out the possibility of an immediate move. However, Koné has successfully recovered from his injury and will train again with the Mönchengladbach team in the coming days. Reports are emerging suggesting that various top clubs, including Liverpool, are watching him for a possible transfer before the window closes.

A jack of all trades, Kone possesses an off-foot quality, the ability to break lines, dribble in tight spaces and is energetic both on and off the ball, making him the perfect choice for counter-pressing of Liverpool.

Gladbach will always consider reasonable offers for their stars and there are also rumors that he has a very reasonable release clause in his current deal which means Liverpool may not even have to work as hard to get there. achieve compared to previous transfer sagas.

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After the 1-1 tie at Stamford Bridge, Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp made fun of Chelsea.

The Reds boss couldn’t help but dig the Blues after Mauricio Pochettino revealed he was hoping for more signings this month

Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp couldn’t help but dig in at Chelsea after the two sides drew 1-1 in the Premier League at Stamford Bridge on Sunday.

After the entertaining encounter in west London, Blues boss Mauricio Pochettino revealed he was waiting for new signings to complete the squad – despite the club’s huge outlay over the past two transfer windows.

“It’s what every manager at Chelsea wants and usually gets it,” Klopp said.

The German also admitted there was ‘no news’ regarding Moises Caicedo’s transfer target as the Brighton midfielder is also wanted by Chelsea and is now believed to be close to a move to the Blues.

During the match itself, Klopp was happy with the result. “The start was pretty compelling,” he said. “We really looked like we hadn’t met in the parking lot!” Then we opened the door to Chelsea. We fought very hard, it was super intense for both teams. That’s a point for Chelsea…good.”

“In the second half with the crowd, we really had to dig deep and fight hard. In the end we got a point and that’s okay. I saw a lot of things I liked and some things I didn’t like. We are right and we continue to work.”