After losing two of their top targets for the midfield in recent days, Liverpool is looking to make a surprise move.
After missing out on two top targets for the midfield, Liverpool is preparing an odd move.
Chelsea beat the Reds to the signing of Moises Caicedo by saying, “It’s only ever been Chelsea” in the Ecuadorian’s announcement video, mocking their rivals. Caicedo was strongly linked with Liverpool, but he later revealed to the Blues’ official website that he grew up idolizing Claude Makelele and other players.
Romeo Lavia, the next target on the list, appears to have turned down Liverpool in favor of a move to Stamford Bridge, which only serves to increase the disappointment. However, one report claims that the Merseysiders are prepared to change course and make a different kind of move.
The Portuguese star Goncalo Inacio is reportedly a top target for Jurgen Klopp, who hasn’t given up on his plans to sign another defender.
The Sporting star can play as a left-sided center-back and has a £39 million release clause. Virgil van Dijk and Ibrahima Konate are Liverpool’s first-choice central defensive and midfield pairings, but there aren’t many other solid options available.
However, Inacio might also be used as a left-back in the future. In Klopp’s on-ball system, the 21-year-old could be used in the three that build up from the back, providing a little bit more defensive solidity than Andy Robertson, who tends to bomb on by nature.
By exercising Inacio’s release clause, the Reds could still have about £70 million to spend on one or two other midfielders even if they had £110 million to spend on Caicedo. One possibility is Ibrahim Sangare, who has a release clause and is available for £30 million.
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Normally, Liverpool’s transfer business is smooth, since Moises Caicedo and Romeo Lavia chose Chelsea over Liverpool, the pressure is REALLY on Liverpool to resolve the “mess” and provide Klopp with a midfielder.
The decision by Moises Caicedo to join Chelsea rather than Liverpool was a setback.
Romeo Lavia, another midfield target, seems to be on a similar path.
Success in the transfer market has been one of the defining characteristics of Liverpool under John W Henry.
Liverpool has experienced more wins than losses since then after learning from early errors like Mario Balotelli.
Mo Salah, Virgil van Dijk, and Alisson were wise acquisitions that helped Jurgen Klopp assemble a squad capable of dominating every major competition.
However, after a disastrous week for Liverpool’s transfer managers, that carefully built reputation is in jeopardy of collapsing.
It would be extremely embarrassing if they lost out on their next target, Romeo Lavia, in the same way they lost Moises Caicedo to Chelsea.
Klopp is always eager to present a unified front at Anfield, but he is aware that whether or not his team mounts a title challenge this season may depend on whether or not they can find a top-tier holding midfielder to sign.
Normally sympathetic to Liverpool’s position, club legend Jamie Carragher hasn’t held back at seeing his team outperformed by Chelsea’s brash owner Todd Boehly.
He calls how things have been handled at Anfield “an absolute mess and a joke.”.
One might have hoped for a smoother transition after the midfielders Jordan Henderson, Fabinho, Naby Keita, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, and James Milner were all lost in a single strike.
Yes, the Argentine World Cup winner was forced into a defensive role in Chelsea’s opening match and wasn’t his usual self. However, Dominik Szoboszlai of Hungary also recently moved from Brighton and joined Alexis Mac Allister.
Liverpool are currently facing some challenges. People are aware of their desperation,’ Carragher continued.
The sequence of events is strange. Jude Bellingham was praised by Klopp in January, but Liverpool decided they couldn’t compete financially in the summer, and the player joined Real Madrid.
Despite this, they suddenly made a British record bid of £111 million for Caicedo at Brighton after pursuing Lavia from Southampton all summer without being able to match the £60 million asking price.
Caicedo had always intended to sign with Chelsea; the club’s director of international talent, Paul Winstanley, previously worked at Brighton and was instrumental in helping Caicedo land his first club in England.
It was a high-risk move that hasn’t yet paid off if Liverpool believed that their intervention would increase the Caicedo price and eliminate Chelsea’s interest in Lavia.
Although Liverpool finally agreed to Southampton’s terms regarding a transfer fee, word has it that Lavia would also prefer to join Chelsea, whose spending ambitions know no bounds.
The youngster might have been troubled by Liverpool suddenly turning their attention to Caicedo, though the London location angle could be one factor.
Whatever occurs after that, it’s not how Liverpool prefers to conduct business.
The Liverpool team’s employees will be highlighted in the background.
Michael Edwards, a renowned sporting director, left in 2022. Julian Ward, who took over for him later that year, made the announcement that he would retire at the conclusion of the 2022–23 campaign.
Billy Hogan, the Chief Executive of the club’s owners FSG, has been under a lot of pressure and responsibility as a result.
The early signings of Mac Allister and Szoboszlai in the window gave the impression that things would continue as before.
Then, Fabinho and Henderson left as a result of the Saudi intervention, leaving a huge gap at the midfield’s base. It hasn’t been filled yet, one week into the season.
Questions will be raised until it is, and it will be difficult to refute Carragher’s claim that the situation is a “mess.”.
With Liverpool failing to secure the signing of Moisés Caicedo for Chelsea, the FSG may be considering a wildcard option which goes against normal transfer rules.
“The Moises Caicedo saga has been just, if not more, crazy,” Romano wrote in his Caught Offside column on Friday. “The story of the day on Friday was Harry Kane to Bayern. Chelsea is currently in touch with Brighton to make another offer for Caicedo as of the time of writing.