Liverpool are understood to be amongst a number of high-profile Premier League golf equipment eyeing a transfer for a coveted teenage prospect from Europe.
A decade in the past, the Reds had three Belgian gamers of their squad in Simon Mignolet, Christian Benteke and Divock Origi, the one males from that nation to signify the Merseyside giants in keeping with Transfermarkt.
It seems that the Anfield hierarchy now have eyes on one other gifted teenager from that nation, together with a number of of their home rivals.
Liverpool eyeing a transfer for Jorthy Mokio
In response to TEAMtalk, Liverpool are conserving tabs on teenage Ajax midfielder Jorthy Mokio, who’s additionally being eyed by Arsenal, Chelsea, Tottenham Hotspur and each Manchester golf equipment.
Already a Belgium worldwide on the age of simply 17, he’s been described as a participant who’s ‘constructed for the Premier League’ as a result of his sturdy traits, and he’s additionally been hailed as a ‘phenomenal prospect’ by a lot of those that’ve seen him play.
He’s earned stylistic comparisons to Declan Rice and N’Golo Kante as a result of his ‘forward-driving dynamism’ and ‘distinctive recoveries and positioning throughout transitions’.
Can Liverpool capitalise on constructive relationship with Ajax?
With Liverpool scouting one other teenage Ajax prodigy in centre-back Aaron Bouwman, there seems to be a transparent want to capitalise on their earlier working relationship with Johnny Heitinga, the Amsterdam giants’ head coach who was Arne Slot’s assistant at Anfield final season.
Hyperlinks between the 2 golf equipment have additionally been strengthened by Vitezslav Jaros and James McConnell happening mortgage to the Eredivisie outfit for the present marketing campaign, and LFC could also be hoping that may give them an edge on their home rivals for Mokio.
Althoug he’s already performed 25 senior membership video games at simply 17, the Belgian would nonetheless be a way off competing with Ryan Gravenberch and Alexis Mac Allister for a spot within the Reds’ midfield, however the platitudes to have been forged upon him trace at how excessive his ceiling may very well be.
In a really perfect world, Liverpool might maintain hearth and wait to see how he develops over the subsequent few months earlier than making a concrete transfer for him, however the scale of reported curiosity within the teenager may necessitate them to proceed with haste.
It ought to be compelling to see how Mokio progresses all through the season – if he delivers upon the comparisons which have been made about him already, he may very well be a real game-changer for whoever indicators him.
