Liverpool may have acquired a big enhance to their probabilities of signing a defender who’s reportedly of curiosity to Anfield chiefs.
It’s been a case of 1 in and one out when it comes to French centre-backs in L4 this summer time, with Ibrahima Konate leaving on the finish of his contract with the Reds and being changed by younger compatriot Jeremy Jacquet from Rennes.
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One other defender from France might viably turn into a switch possibility for the Merseyside outfit within the subsequent few weeks, in line with a report which emerged on Thursday morning.
Liverpool ‘holding a watch’ on Jules Kounde’s state of affairs
Mark Brus outlined for the Day by day Briefing that Liverpool are ‘maintaining a tally of developments’ concerning the state of affairs of Jules Kounde at Barcelona, who’re ‘surprisingly’ open to sanctioning his exit from Camp Nou this summer time.
The 27-year-old is deemed ‘expendable’ in Catalonia and his present membership ‘have been sounding out earlier suitors corresponding to Chelsea and Liverpool as doable patrons’, with the defender being made out there in the marketplace for £55m.
That marks a discount on the £65m-£70m at which Barca had beforehand set his asking worth, and it’s now clear’ that the LaLiga champions are open to promoting the France worldwide, who’s now anticipated to ‘invite extra concrete curiosity’.
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Too good of a possibility for Liverpool to not discover
Kounde had reportedly been of curiosity to Liverpool greater than 5 years in the past when he was a Sevilla participant – might this now be the Reds’ good alternative to maneuver for the Frenchman?
Much like Joe Gomez, the Barcelona man is equally snug at centre-back or right-back, a versatility which is most welcome contemplating the defensive damage points we’ve had up to now 12 months, particularly within the latter place.
Certainly, FourFourTwo ranked him because the second greatest right-back on this planet in an article written final December, observing that he’s ‘blessed with tempo and energy’ and combines ‘work fee and technical capacity in each assault and defence’.
Liverpool have tended to buy gamers underneath the age of 25 lately, and Kounde doesn’t slot into that demographic, however FSG can be silly to dismiss the chance to signal a participant on the peak of his powers when his present membership seem like brazenly inviting provides for him.
With Barcelona seemingly giving the inexperienced gentle to a possible exit for the Frenchman, it’s a state of affairs that Anfield chiefs must be watching with eager curiosity and making ready to swoop if there’s a gap for a deal to be finished.
