Liverpool are comprehended to be earning progress in negotiations above a probable transfer transfer for Sporting Lisbon centre-back Goncalo Inacio as they glance for a replacement for Virgil van Dijk.
Sources close to the situation have educated CaughtOffside that there is some uncertainty about Van Dijk’s long term at Liverpool, and the Reds have manufactured a new central defender one particular of their best priorities this summer, while the Reds are also in the marketplace for a new midfielder.
Inacio is at this time the precedence for Liverpool, and although he has a €60m release clause at Sporting, CaughtOffside understands that there is the expanding sensation that the Portuguese giants could compromise on that cost.
The Portugal intercontinental seems to be a wonderful expertise and he’s also extended been on the radar of other top rated clubs this kind of as Manchester United and Arsenal, while LFC are now the clear favourites for the 22-calendar year-previous.
Inacio transfer: Liverpool also searching at other defensive possibilities
Inacio is not the only name on Liverpool’s record, nonetheless, with the Merseyside giants also all set to investigate the chance of alternatives in case that offer doesn’t get the job done out.
Liverpool also like Nice defender Jean-Clair Todibo, Crystal Palace’s Marc Guehi, and Willian Pacho of Eintracht Frankfurt.
It stays to be noticed which name will close up staying the most reasonable one particular for Liverpool, but for now it looks Inacio is the target, and points seem to be relocating in the ideal direction on that offer.
In midfield, Liverpool’s new supervisor Arne Slot is an admirer of Quinten Timber from his previous club Feyenoord, while it’s also felt that Atalanta’s Teun Koopmeiners could also nevertheless be one particular to look at for the Leading League side, even if Juventus have very long seemed the favourites for the Netherlands international.
Youssouf Fofana had also been on Liverpool’s radar, but matters in no way state-of-the-art and he’s now on his way to AC Milan.
