Ben Jacobs has named a present Premier League midfielder as ‘one to look at’ for Liverpool followers within the ongoing switch window.
Though different elements of the squad are prone to take priority for Richard Hughes and Arne Slot within the coming weeks, the potential for additions in the midst of the park hasn’t been discounted.
Talking on his Transfers Mailbag present (through Playback), the journalist named Wolves’ Joao Gomes as a participant who the Reds ‘actually like’ by way of potential incomings.
Jacobs mentioned: “Midfield shouldn’t be as excessive on their checklist of priorities as a centre-back and broad participant, however I don’t assume we are able to completely rule it out. Liverpool actually like Joao Gomes as effectively, in order that may very well be one to look at within the coming months, however for now, midfield shouldn’t be the precedence.”
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At 23, Gomes would supply Liverpool a long-term defensive midfield different to Wataru Endo, however is he somebody who the Reds must be strongly pursuing this summer time?
He’s gained the agency approval of Wolves supervisor Gary O’Neil, who’s described him as a ‘tremendous expertise’ (Shropshire Star), and the Brazilian’s two-goal salvo in his workforce’s win over Tottenham in February confirmed that he can pop up with match-winning contributions.
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As per FBref, he ranks among the many prime 1% of positional friends in Europe’s 5 important leagues for tackles per sport over the previous 12 months with 4.35, and the highest 8% for blocks per 90 with 1.73, however he lags behind the typical for many different key efficiency metrics in that subcategory of gamers.
Gomes’ disciplinary file can be a priority – in 49 matches in England to this point, he’s been booked 16 occasions (as soon as each three video games), and he was deservedly despatched off for a reckless lunge simply 9 minutes into his debut for the Previous Gold in an FA Cup tie towards Brentford in January 2023.
He doesn’t strike us as a participant who Liverpool must be shifting heaven and earth to signal this summer time, but when Hughes and Slot have seen one thing in him that they ‘actually like’ – to make use of Jacobs’ phrases – then we are able to’t utterly rule out the potential for a proposal making its approach from Merseyside to Molineux within the coming weeks.
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