“Perfect” £62m star wants to sign for Liverpool

Liverpool have misplaced themselves over the previous a number of weeks, crashing out of the Champions League after which shedding the Carabao Cup last earlier than the March worldwide break.

Having returned from the spring pause to say a tetchy however lifting win within the Merseyside derby, followers felt that Arne Slot’s aspect had replanted their ft forward of the enterprise months of the season, utilizing the three factors gained as a springboard.

Nonetheless, errors have been rife on Sunday as Liverpool fell to defeat at Craven Cottage and Slot was condemned to his first Premier League defeat on the highway.

Nonetheless, it isn’t all unhealthy, the Reds are nonetheless 11 factors clear on the prime of the division, set to finish 4 years of Manchester Metropolis dominance. All that with out having dipped into the switch marketplace for practically two years.

Certainly, the £12.5m signing of Federico Chiesa stays the one deal struck since Ryan Gravenberch arrived in 2023. One way or the other, Slot, in all his tactical genius, has taken Liverpool to the subsequent stage, regardless of the frontline leaving one thing to be desired at occasions.

Liverpool’s frontline in 24/25

Liverpool ended the 2024 summer season switch window having did not signal their prime goal in Martin Zubimendi and including solely injury-prone Chiesa to an already well-stocked frontline.

The squad is relatively incredible, however Slot deserves all of the plaudits for making the requisite, title-clinching changes.

The architect of all attacking success can be Mohamed Salah, in fact. The 32-year-old has posted 32 targets and 22 assists throughout all competitions and is undoubtedly one of many best gamers in each Liverpool and English soccer’s historical past.

Salah has been nothing wanting breathtaking this season, however there isn’t any denying he is plateaued in latest fixtures. Nonetheless, frankly, that is an annual factor, the dreaded spring drop-off, and he deserves a spot within the crew subsequent season as Liverpool go once more.

Nonetheless, Liverpool have been sensible in assault, prime of the Premier League and having scored probably the most targets (72) too. They’ve all chipped in, with the likes of Luis Diaz and Cody Gakpo each going from energy

Streamlined right into a extra targeted left-flanking function, Gakpo has matched his haul of 16 targets and 6 assists from final season having performed slightly below 800 minutes fewer, equating to almost 9 full matches.

Nonetheless, it isn’t all excellent. Darwin Nunez is about to be offered this summer season, whereas Diogo Jota seems to be a shadow of his former self. Such departures would in flip create one or two thrilling vacancies.

Liverpool want one thing new, and sporting director Richard Hughes could nicely have the right Premier League star in thoughts.

PL star needs to signal for Liverpool

Final week, TEAMtalk claimed that Liverpool have made contact with Matheus Cunha’s representatives forward of a possible summer season transfer. The Wolverhampton Wanderers ahead’s £62.5m launch clause goes dwell after the tip of the 2024/25 season and he needs a transfer away.

Excitingly, Soccer Insider have just lately reported that the Brazil worldwide is hoping to signal for Liverpool. All FSG must do is match that launch clause.

Nonetheless, Arsenal and Nottingham Forest are additionally eager and Liverpool want to make sure this one would not slip away from them, ought to their curiosity actually be concrete.

What Matheus Cunha would deliver to Liverpool

Cunha has been at Wolves for over two years, becoming a member of in January 2023 on an preliminary mortgage from Atletico Madrid earlier than signing completely for an approximate £35m payment.

He is lengthy been extremely regarded in England, however the Brazilian’s performances for Wolves this time period have actually underlined the extent of his means, notching 15 targets and 4 assists throughout 29 matches.

Although he shares related positional virtues to the likes of Diaz and Gakpo, Cunha’s dynamism would make sure you see him marry proper into Slot’s complicated and multi-layered imaginative and prescient.

Fairly the versatile strategy, eh. What’s extra, Cunha is proving to be a prolific participant throughout these variegated roles, his technical aptitude and dogged perspective lending itself to quite a few areas of assault.

He is additionally enjoying for Wolves. Good crew, resilient and balanced below the wing of Vitor Pereira. Nonetheless, the Outdated Gold hardly boast Liverpool’s diploma of offensive means, and one can solely think about the success that Cunha might discover in Slot’s system.

Particularly when you think about that he is kind of outstripping Liverpool’s left-sided forwards, Gakpo and Diaz, this time period.

There’s lots to unpack in that desk, but it surely’s curious to notice at a look that Cunha has outscored each of Liverpool’s males whereas carrying the ball ahead extra continuously, getting caught in with extra challenges too.

All informed, he is a “versatile urgent machine” – within the phrases of reporter Kaustubh Pandey – who has refined his efficiency within the last third at an outfit not precisely identified for its attacking output proper now.

Certainly, Wolves have created 51 huge probabilities within the Premier League this yr, nicely behind Slot’s Liverpool (89 huge probabilities created). In reality, no crew has created greater than the table-toppers.

However it would not matter when Cunha is so terribly scientific. He is missed solely two huge probabilities within the league this yr. Two. That is having scored 13 targets. You’ll be able to refer again to the desk to see how that compares to Liverpool’s stars, but it surely’s clear to see that the deadliest of the bunch dwells not at Anfield however in Black Nation.

He is additionally been hailed for his “excellent” deliveries by The Athletic’s Steve Madeley. One other string to the bow.

He would not come low-cost, however Cunha might match snugly into an interchangeable Anfield frontline and supply Liverpool with that little bit of incisiveness in entrance of aim to ease Salah’s duties and make sure that Slot’s aspect fireplace on all cylinders into the later levels of the season.