In accordance with a famend Bundesliga insider, Liverpool have been handed a possible increase to their hopes of signing one reported switch goal.
As we not too long ago revealed for Empire of the Kop, Piero Hincapie is of curiosity to the Reds, with scouts from Merseyside having watched the Bayer Leverkusen defender in motion for his membership final month.
The 23-year-old isn’t the one centre-back who continues to be linked with Arne Slot’s aspect, with Dean Huijsen of Bournemouth additionally extremely coveted throughout the Anfield boardroom.
Liverpool given Hincapie switch increase
In his newest Truth Recordsdata column for the Every day Briefing, Christian Falk outlined that Liverpool stay firmly within the Ecuador worldwide, who might probably be up for grabs this summer time if the Bundesliga champions want to boost funds.
The Bundesliga professional wrote: “Piero Hincapie is among the gamers Xabi Alonso may need to promote this summer time. Liverpool, Chelsea and Tottenham from England are all , whereas Atletico Madrid have the Ecuadorian on their radar in Spain. Nevertheless, Leverkusen’s price ticket is €70m [£59.2m].”
Not a lot to decide on between Hincapie and Huijsen
We think about that Alonso can be extremely reluctant to money in on Hincapie, who the previous Liverpool midfielder described as a ‘nice participant’ and ‘very trendy defender’ who’s adaptable to a number of positions throughout the backline and is ‘aggressive’ on the pitch (Every day Specific).
There might be a centre-back addition at Anfield over the summer time, however until multiple of Slot’s present choices departs, we don’t envisage two coming in, so LFC could be confronted with a straight selection between the Leverkusen man and Huijsen.
As per FBref, their efficiency figures over the course of the season are remarkably related for a lot of metrics. The Ecuadorian comes out on high for move completion (87.8% to 84%), xG (2.6 to 1.6), progressive carries (42 to 30) and tackles gained (31 to 21).
Conversely, the Bournemouth teenager ranks greater for photographs heading in the right direction proportion (14.3% to 11.8%), interceptions made (44 to twenty-eight), sort out success (60% to 58.1%) and aerial duels gained (60% to 54.7%).
We think about that Liverpool will proceed to closely pursue each gamers, but when Huijsen had been to fall by the wayside amid reported curiosity from Bayern Munich and Actual Madrid, then Hincapie can be an equally thrilling addition at Anfield – and plainly Richard Hughes now is aware of the value level which can simply immediate Leverkusen to promote.
