Liverpool have clearly defined targets this summer for the midfield section with French duo Manu Kone and Khephren Thuram understood to be favoured solutions.
The former, who at the moment plies his trade in the Bundesliga with Gladbach, is reported to be regarded as a probable option to Jude Bellingham.
Far more to the place, it seems that the Reds’ fascination is to some degree concrete if the feedback from the player’s entourage are something to go by.
“Jürgen Klopp and Liverpool see Manu Koné as a substitute for Jude Bellingham, who is heading to True Madrid rather of England,” Christian Falk solely revealed in his most up-to-date Truth Documents for CaughtOffside.
“Liverpool have already contacted Koné’s management and expressed desire. The intentions of the Reds are “real and big,” so say the individuals encompassing the Frenchman.
“A attainable rate for the defensive midfielder should really be amongst €40-45m, that is what Gladbach hope. Before Liverpool were being intrigued, €30m was however less than discussion. Koné’s agreement with Borussia operates until eventually June 30, 2025.”
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Liverpool need to have legs and physicality in the middle of the park – Manu Kone offers them that
There’s a question that ought to be questioned of Liverpool’s recent initiatives in the window to take care of an ageing midfield.
Commencing the Jurgen Klopp era with a excellent blend of technicality and bodily-dense attributes, the German’s midfield engine roared them on to a sequence of silverware wins, not to point out numerous other finals.
A gradual transition to enhanced technicality, highlighted most a short while ago by the purchase of the slight nowhere man in Fabio Carvalho (and all the reviews of a likely exit that adopted of late) rarely paid off for a side so obviously missing in strength and Pep Lijnders’ buzzword of ‘intensity’.
Though rather inconsistent, Manu Kone would be a step in the right route to restoring the Liverpool midfield to its prior, dominant ranges.
