Liverpool are excited by signing Micky van de Ven from Tottenham Hotspur this summer time, in keeping with Soccer Insider.
The Premier League leaders want to strengthen their centre-back division, having not achieved so after the departure of Joel Matip final summer time. For the time being, other than captain Virgil van Dijk and Ibrahima Konate because the first-choice partnership underneath head coach Arne Slot, they solely have injury-riddled Joe Gomez and inexperienced Jarell Quansah as various choices. Moreover, Van Dijk’s future on the membership is more and more unsure as his contract expires on the finish of the season, and Konate is reportedly a goal for Paris Saint-Germain for the upcoming switch window.
Van de Ven, at the moment out of motion at Spurs with a hamstring drawback, is seemingly admired tremendously by Liverpool and his skills are well-known to Slot, who believes his Dutch compatriot has what it takes to play alongside both of his at the moment most popular pairing. Due to this fact, Liverpool’s curiosity within the 23-year-old exists fairly independently from any developments concerning Van Dijk or Konate, who’ve each been supplied new offers to remain put.
Spurs will, alternatively, absolutely resist any makes an attempt to prize Van de Ven away this summer time, but when they fail to safe European soccer for subsequent season – and it doesn’t look good in the intervening time – they could discover themselves underneath stress from the participant himself to sanction a sale.
