Liverpool has already spent close to £100 million on its first two summer additions, and the Reds are now attempting to add another midfielder in light of the departure of several senior stars.

Romeo Lavia will likely be pursued as Jurgen Klopp’s midfield reconstruction at Liverpool continues this summer.

In an effort to get his team ready for an upcoming Europa League campaign, the Liverpool manager has already made two additions. RB Leipzig’s Dominik Szoboszlai has completed his transfer to the Reds, and Alexis Mac Allister has joined from Brighton as the team’s new number eight.

The 19-year-old will receive an opening offer from Liverpool, according to talkSPORT. Lavia is reportedly valued at £50 million by Southampton, but Klopp’s team is up against Chelsea for the former Manchester City player.

When letting the Belgian move to Southampton in the summer of 2016, City themselves added a 20% sell-on clause. Additionally, they have a buy-back clause that takes effect in 2024, but other clubs appear eager to make a move now and eliminate that from the picture.

Lavia represented Southampton in 29 games last year, holding down a position in the midfield under a number of different coaches. In an August 2-1 victory over Chelsea, he netted his first goal as a senior.

The midfielder played more than an hour of Southampton’s 4-4 draw with Liverpool in his final Premier League contest.

Liverpool, who finished four points outside of the top four, already knew going into the game that they would not be playing in the Champions League.

Klopp is hoping that the Reds’ acquisitions of Mac Allister and Szoboszlai will help them climb the table once more. Szoboszlai, who assisted Leipzig in securing Champions League football last season and who also dazzled against Liverpool as a teenager for Red Bull Salzburg in 2019, has joined for approximately £60 million.

Klopp said, “I’m pretty sure he was still a teenager at that time and since then he has made some big strides — moving to Leipzig, doing really, really well in the Bundesliga, playing for the Hungary national team, and then becoming captain of his national team at an incredibly young age.”.

“These are genuine positives, and this is even before we consider his abilities as a football player. At this point, I won’t say too much about them other than to say that they are undoubtedly the kind that should provide us with a lot of enjoyment as well as aid in our pursuit of results.

However, there is no pressure. Dominik, the player, is still very inexperienced. He still has a long way to go in his development, so it only makes sense for us all to be patient and give him the room and time he needs so that his talent can shine within our team. “.

More news…….

Liverpool is accelerating their efforts to sign ‘excellent’ 22-year-old after Szoboszlai.

Liverpool are accelerating efforts to reach an agreement with OGC Nice over the signing of Khephren Thuram.
The Reds have apparently been pursuing Thuram for the past month, with talks with agents in early June.

But despite Liverpool doing business over the next few weeks, nothing progressed under Thuram.

However, according to journalist Rudy Galetti, things could change. Galetti took to Twitter on Saturday night suggesting Liverpool are doing everything they can to get a deal over the edge.

“Liverpool are stepping things up for Khephren Thuram,” wrote the Italian journalist.

“LFC would like to close the gap with OGC Nice soon in order to get ahead of the competition from Newcastle, who are starting to move concretely for the player: the situation is changing.”

With the Reds already close to overtaking Newcastle ahead of Dominik Szoboszlai, they will be in the market for another win.
When they can’t get things done, the Magpies seem ready to attack.

Heading into Thursday, Thuram looked like the next signing at Anfield. However, after learning that Liverpool were interested in Szoboszlai, things quickly turned away from that notion. Now, it seems clear that the Hungarian will be Jürgen Klopp’s number two this summer.

The move is expected to be completed and announced later this week.

So where is Thuram? Well, early reports seem to suggest that Liverpool are still interested in signing the Frenchman. Szoboszlai’s upcoming arrival doesn’t seem to have changed that. If so, Reds fans have every reason to be happy.

The 22-year-old has been described as a “fantastic” player by former Nice coach Didier Digard [RMC Sport]. Thuram seems to have all the qualities of a modern midfielder.

But Newcastle are not to be taken lightly here. After missing out on Szoboszlai, they reportedly wanted to sign Thuram instead. With a lot of background work already done, Liverpool need to keep their foot firmly on the pedal. Let’s make another one!