After a late James Tarkowski equaliser left them feeling bitter within the ultimate Merseyside derby at Goodison Park, Liverpool have reportedly turned their consideration in direction of a blockbuster summer time deal.
Liverpool switch information
It was removed from fairly, it was stuffed with playing cards, stuffed with controversy and it was, subsequently, a becoming farewell to the Merseyside derby at Goodison Park. For a second it appeared as if Liverpool’s Egyptian King was about to get a royal goodbye, just for Everton to spoil Mohamed Salah’s night.
While they now discover themselves seven factors clear on the prime of the Premier League nonetheless, the Reds might take a couple of days for that to be the conclusion they take after tensions boiled over at full-time – leading to pink playing cards for each Arne Slot and Curtis Jones.
Alas, as soon as calm is restored, these at Anfield will stay seven factors clear on the prime of the Premier League with 14 video games remaining to seal a primary title for Slot on the first time of asking.
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Liverpool have been on the top of a dramatic last-gasp objective that meant they dropped factors at Goodison.
It is then that the Reds might flip in direction of potential reinforcements. In accordance with SportBild, as relayed by Sport Witness, Liverpool have now made contact over a deal to signal Castello Lukeba alongside quite a lot of Premier League sides.
The central defender reportedly has a launch clause price as a lot as €90m (£75m) at RB Leipzig, which implies a deal won’t come low-cost. Ought to Liverpool lose Virgil van Dijk on a free on the finish of the season when his contract expires, nonetheless, then they might have little selection however to pursue the Frenchman.
As issues stand, Van Dijk, Salah and Trent Alexander-Arnold are all set to go away as free brokers, having all up to now didn’t put pen to paper on recent offers.
“Good” Lukeba might change Van Dijk
Seven years in the past, Liverpool splashed out as a lot as £75m to welcome what would show to be the final word game-changer in Van Dijk. Now, because the Dutchman probably departs, the Reds might splash the money as soon as once more to welcome a formidable alternative.
Nonetheless simply 21 years outdated, Lukeba might obtain the prospect to observe within the footsteps of each Dominik Szoboszlai and Ibrahima Konate by swapping Leipzig for Liverpool earlier than making an attempt the inconceivable process of stepping up in Van Dijk’s place.
While changing Van Dijk could be no straightforward process, Lukeba is among the many candidates who’ve the potential to ultimately accomplish that.
Described because the “excellent” left-back and left centre-back hybrid by analyst Ben Mattinson, the RB Leipzig man seems set to have fairly the choice to make when the summer time switch window arrives. Whether or not that leads to a transfer to the Premier League and extra particularly Anfield stays to be seen.
What is for certain is that if Lukeba does depart, his hefty launch clause ought to end in probably the most costly offers of the summer time.