Liverpool are having to weigh up headline targets for quite a lot of totally different positions this January, however their dream defensive candidates look considerably out of attain.
The necessity to take a look at centre-backs arrives because of Virgil van Dijk having entered the ultimate few months of his contract, mirroring the conditions each Trent Alexander-Arnold and Mohamed Salah additionally discover themselves in.
Talking completely to FourFourTwo on January 13, Ben Jacobs has revealed which positions the Reds are concentrating on primarily, and a number of the Merserysiders’ dream targets for these roles.
Liverpool NOT within the driving seat to land their dream targets
Chelsea defender Levi Colwill is excessive on Liverpool’s record of dream transfers, however it’s deemed an unlikely transfer (Picture credit score: Getty Photographs)
Jacobs divulged that Liverpool have ‘lengthy admired’ Cheslea ’s Levi Colwill , and have additionally been linked to Everton ’s Jarrad Branthwaite , however revealed that neither man is advancing in direction of changing into a practical goal at this stage.
He went on to assert that, alongside centre-back, the membership would additionally wish to recruit a right-sided attack-minded participant and a defensive midfielder.
Jarrad Branthwaite remains to be a extra possible goal for Manchester United than Liverpool, in accordance with Ben Jacobs (Picture credit score: Alamy)
Jacobs mentioned: “We all know with the centre-back place that Liverpool have lengthy admired Levi Colwill at Chelsea, however they simply do not suppose he is out there out there, so at this stage, they don’t seem to be ready to waste their time.
“I believe that hyperlinks with Jarrad Branthwaite are nonetheless extra concrete for Manchester United than Liverpool, and the identical could be mentioned with Ousmane Diomande and Chelsea, quite than Liverpool as effectively.
“So there’s a number of targets at this stage. However once more, if Van Dijk commits, then the left-sided centre-back, particularly, won’t be one thing that they’ve to consider in January. I believe in the summertime, it’s possible they add a centre-back.”
Increasing on the necessity for a no.6 , Jacobs claimed that Martin Zubimendi , who snubbed Liverpool in the summertime to stay at Actual Sociedad , remains to be one to look at.
In FourFourTwo ’s opinion, all the things at Anfield in the mean time hinges on these three up-in-the-air contracts.
Shedding one might be painful, however a membership of Liverpool’s dimension ought to be capable to cope. Shedding all three on the similar time, all at no cost, won’t solely enormously hamper the standard of the Reds’ squad, however it’s going to additionally go away them with a trio of high-priced gaps to plug in the summertime, with no extra funds to spend.
With a finite amount of cash out there, it’s tough to see how Liverpool’s enterprise received’t largely be led by what transpires within the coming weeks and months with these three contracts.
