Liverpool are reportedly contemplating reviving their prior curiosity in an Argentine midfielder who’s anticipated to depart his present membership this summer time.
In March 2023, it was reported that the Reds had dispatched scouts to South America to maintain tabs on Alan Varela, then a 21-year-old prospect at Boca Juniors.
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Now 24 and impressing in Europe for FC Porto, the defensive midfielder has been the topic of contemporary hypothesis over his future.
Liverpool keen on Alan Varela
Argentine journalist German Garcia Grova took to X to report that Liverpool and Manchester United are among the many golf equipment who’re ‘after’ Varela, who ‘would depart’ the newly-crowned Portuguese champions within the upcoming switch window.
The midfielder’s contract on the Estadio do Dragao runs to June 2030.
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May Varela be Liverpool’s modern-day Mascherano?
If Varela does find yourself at Anfield subsequent season, the presence of an Argentine defensive midfielder in a Liverpool shirt in his mid-20s would have sturdy echoes of Mascherano, who was an integral presence in Rafael Benitez’s facet which got here near successful the Premier League in 2008/09.
The 24-year-old’s statistics out of possession don’t really evaluate all that favourably to positional friends within the Primeira Liga this time period, however he greater than makes up for that along with his qualities on the ball, as evidenced by the figures under from Fotmob.
2025/26 Primeira Liga
Per 90 minutes
Percentile amongst positional friends
Dribble success charge
70.6%
92nd (high 8%)
Blocks
0.47
87th
Pictures on the right track
0.39
83rd
xG
0.11
81st
Passes accomplished
41.55
78th
Passing success charge
86.6%
74th
Whereas Mascherano excelled along with his studying of the sport and his defensive work, he was additionally famend for his clever passing, a top quality that his compatriot at Porto has demonstrated in abundance.
Except for the rarely-ued (and now 33-year-old) Wataru Endo, Liverpool haven’t had a pure quantity 6 of their first crew since Fabinho’s departure three years in the past, and that void within the squad has been all too obvious this season, with Arne Slot’s facet ridiculously straightforward for opponents to play by way of.
Will the Anfield hierarchy go a step additional than in 2023 and submit a concrete bid for Varela this summer time? He’s now proven he can excel in Europe, so that may make FSG extra inclined to check Porto’s resistence with an attractive proposal.
