With Trent Alexander-Arnold nonetheless on target to depart freed from cost this summer season, Liverpool have reportedly made contact over a possible deal to signal a brand new right-back price over £25m.
Liverpool switch information
Following a comparatively quiet summer season switch window final 12 months, the Reds could have no selection however to welcome key reinforcements for Arne Slot if Alexander-Arnold, Virgil van Dijk and Mohamed Salah all depart as free brokers and all on the high of their sport.
The Liverpool boss just lately offered an replace on his facet’s potential summer season plans, telling reporters: “Now now we have an excellent thought about summer season plans. I am not going to let you know which positions we favor. However it’s clear that we have assessed the squad, the place we enhance, and that is the place we go for in the summertime.”
After all, it comes as no shock amid these feedback that the switch rumours have already been coming thick and quick, with the likes of Ademola Lookman and Jeremie Frimpong each threatening to steal the headlines as of late.
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With that pair a winger and a right-back, current studies recommend that the Reds are definitely planning for the worst this summer season – and that’s very a lot the case for one more current hearsay.
In keeping with UOL in Brazil, Liverpool have now made their first method to signal defender Wesley from Flamengo, who worth their right-back at greater than €30m (£25m) this summer season.
Making contact over a possible deal to signal the 21-year-old, Liverpool may have their answer to their Alexander-Arnold downside of their sights. At simply £25m too, Wesley may show to be fairly the cut price within the coming months.
Slot appears eager to behave when the summer season arrives, though he remained cryptic on simply the place he would enhance his squad, making Liverpool a facet to observe when the switch window swings open.
“Immense” Wesley is a rising star
The Premier League is already extremely accustomed to younger South American abilities and Wesley may now develop into the most recent to swap Brazil for England’s high tier.
The Reds have had fairly the South American contingent in current historical past too, from Roberto Firmino, Alisson Becker and Fabinho to Darwin Nunez, Luis Diaz and Alexis Mac Allister, so Wesley would don’t have any bother becoming in.
Changing Alexander-Arnold could be fairly the duty, nonetheless. At simply 21 years previous, asking Wesley to finish that job might be a step too far at this stage regardless of the quantity of reward that he is acquired at Flamengo. That features from U23 scout Antonio Mango, who dubbed the right-back “immense” again in 2023.
A participant who added simply two assists to his title at Flamengo final season, Wesley nonetheless has loads of work to do earlier than he reaches the extent of Alexander-Arnold, and represents a participant who would add depth to Slot’s facet as an alternative of an on the spot enhance.
