Liverpool have obviously defined targets this summertime for the midfield section with French duo Manu Kone and Khephren Thuram understood to be favoured selections.
The former, who presently plies his trade in the Bundesliga with Gladbach, is stated to be deemed a probable choice to Jude Bellingham.
More to the stage, it seems that the Reds’ curiosity is somewhat concrete if the remarks from the player’s entourage are anything at all to go by.
“Jürgen Klopp and Liverpool see Manu Koné as a replacement for Jude Bellingham, who is likely to Serious Madrid in its place of England,” Christian Falk solely revealed in his newest Truth Documents for CaughtOffside.
“Liverpool have now contacted Koné’s management and expressed desire. The intentions of the Reds are “real and huge,” so say the folks encompassing the Frenchman.
“A achievable fee for the defensive midfielder ought to be amongst €40-45m, that is what Gladbach hope. Ahead of Liverpool had been intrigued, €30m was still under discussion. Koné’s deal with Borussia operates until eventually June 30, 2025.”
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Liverpool need to have legs and physicality in the center of the park – Manu Kone presents them that
There is a concern that need to be questioned of Liverpool’s current attempts in the window to resolve an ageing midfield.
Starting the Jurgen Klopp period with a ideal mix of technicality and bodily-dense attributes, the German’s midfield motor roared them on to a collection of silverware wins, not to mention innumerable other finals.
A gradual transition to amplified technicality, highlighted most recently by the order of the slight nowhere gentleman in Fabio Carvalho (and all the experiences of a possible exit that adopted of late) rarely compensated off for a aspect so evidently missing in strength and Pep Lijnders’ buzzword of ‘intensity’.
Even though relatively inconsistent, Manu Kone would be a phase in the correct route to restoring the Liverpool midfield to its prior, dominant ranges.
