Chelsea broke a transfer record earlier this year and Liverpool are expected to repeat it to sign Jurgen Klopp’s next midfielder at Anfield this summer.

Earlier this year, Chelsea made history by breaking the record for most expensive Ukrainian player ever, by signing Mykhailo Mudryk from Shakhtar Donetsk.

It should now be Liverpool’s turn to travel to the Ukraine to sign an exciting young talent who is ideal for Jürgen Klopp’s midfield.

Despite the difficulties at home with an ongoing conflict against Russia, Ukrainian football is still going strong and more and more young talents are making a name for themselves in top European clubs.

As the Under-21 European Championship is starting to show, he’s not alone, with Ukraine progressing to the quarter-finals after back-to-back wins against Croatia and Romania.

Thanks to this tournament, many more could follow Mudryk’s path to a top five European championship.

One of them is one of Mudryk’s former Shakhtar Donetsk teammates Georgiy Sudakov.

A 20-year-old midfielder, Sudakov already plays regularly at senior level for Ukraine and has just made a strong breakthrough at Shakhtar.

In 39 matches, Sudakov scored five goals and provided 11 assists for Shakhtar and put up impressive performances not only domestically but also in the Champions League, recording assists against the likes of RB Leipzig and Celtic.

Still very young, Sudakov is a player who should be on Liverpool’s transfer radar. He’s the kind of dynamic and creative midfielder that Jurgen Klopp seems to be looking for in the market at the moment, and unlike Mudryk, who is in a deal worth around $113m (£89m)./ €104m) was sold to Chelsea,

his Transfermarkt valuation is relatively cheap at just $12m (£9.5m / €11m), meaning the Reds would avoid the mistake that Todd Boehly probably made by paying too much.

To put that into perspective, in his last UEFA European Under-21 Championship appearance against Romania, Sudakov attempted over 100 passes, and in the Ukrainian top flight he averaged 59.8 passes per 90 minutes, according to Wyscout, which is quite high even for a midfielder.

With 4.29 of those passes entering the box every 90 minutes, Sudakov’s creative strengths are evident.

In the league, this puts him in the top third of the overall standings and also in the top 10 for assists in the final third (9.67), making him a very progressive player overall.

Not only because of his distribution, but also because of his ability on the ball. Sudakov likes to run forward. He averages 4.93 dribbles per 90 minutes and also makes 3.44 progressive runs per 90, making him second best in the league.

Sudakov can play in both midfield and wing and is a unique talent. He clearly has the tactical intelligence to make it to a higher level, and at Liverpool he could prove to be a useful player.

Having lost James Milner and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain this summer, Sudakov could fill the void they left at Anfield and Liverpool would be well advised to invest in his services.

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According to the new UEFA rules, Liverpool will be eligible for the Champions League if they finish fifth.

Due to a significant UEFA rule change, Liverpool can now qualify for the Champions League if they finish fifth the following season.

The Reds finished fifth in the most recent Premier League season, so they will have to make do with Europa League competition in the upcoming season.

Even though Jurgen Klopp’s team went on a fantastic unbeaten streak at the end of the league season, winning seven of their final ten games, it wasn’t enough to pass Manchester United or Newcastle.

Two Premier League teams, United and Newcastle, will participate in the final Champions League in its current format before the competition is redesigned.
The other two Premier League teams are Manchester City and Arsenal.

There won’t be a traditional group stage for the 2024–2025 season as the number of participating teams increases from 32 to 36.

Instead, the clubs will compete in a single league phase, in which they will face eight opponents in four home games and four away games.

The top eight teams will then advance to the round of 16, and the teams that place ninth through sixteenth will compete in a play-off round. There won’t be any changes to the remaining knockout round.

Additionally, Liverpool and other Premier League teams may experience significant effects from the new format.

Why a UEFA rule change might have an impact on Liverpool and other Premier League clubs.

UEFA will change the rules to provide new opportunities for qualifying so that there will be four extra teams in the 2024–25 season.

The two European countries with the best results from the previous campaign will automatically qualify.

English clubs should take note of this because, depending on how well England and Italy perform in 2022–2023, they will each receive an additional Champions League qualification spot.

While West Ham defeated Fiorentina in the Europa Conference League final, Manchester City defeated Inter Milan in the Champions League final. Roma, meanwhile, advanced to the Europa League final but fell to Sevilla of Spain.

Since English clubs have recently dominated European football, Klopp’s team would be able to finish fifth next season and still almost certainly guarantee Champions League football. However, the change does not affect Liverpool for the current campaign.