Liverpool are reportedly critically eager on evolving their curiosity in FC Nurnberg star Stefanos Tzimas.
The Merseysiders are understood to have ‘began talks’ with the Bundesliga 2 outfit over a possible summer season switch for the 19-year-old expertise, valued at £20m [€25m] plus add-ons.
That’s in accordance with Florian Plettenberg on X (previously Twitter), with the Sky Sports activities Germany journalist reporting that Arne Slot’s outfit has ‘spoken to the participant’s camp’.
🚨🔴 FC Liverpool have began talks with 1. FC Nürnberg a couple of summer season switch for Stefanos #Tzimas. There was a telephone name just a few days in the past.#LFC have additionally spoken to the participant’s camp.
The 19y/o striker is thought to be one of many brightest ahead abilities in Greece, having… pic.twitter.com/wfUPmWNc3H
— Florian Plettenberg (@Plettigoal) January 13, 2025
{The teenager} has registered eight targets and two assists throughout 14 appearances in Germany’s second tier this time period.
Who’s Stefanos Tzimas?
The ahead, hailing from Greece, is definitely on mortgage from PAOK, although, as Plettenberg stories, FC Nurnberg hope to activate his launch clause with a view to promoting the participant on.
Tzimas’ return of 10 objective contributions marks his joint-best in senior soccer, to date, with seven targets and three assists plundered with PAOK in 2022/23.
Intriguingly, the Guardian listed the attacker of their Subsequent Era 2023 appraisal of 60 of essentially the most thrilling prodigies in world soccer.
The revered outlet described him as: “A two-footed striker, he’s a fast thinker, quick and bodily mature, which has meant he has been capable of play towards older opponents for a while now.”
What does this imply for Liverpool?
Spare a thought for younger Jayden Danns ought to we achieve snapping up Tzimas forward of the summer season switch window.
The writing is much from on the wall for the 18-year-old Academy graduate, who impressed as soon as extra on the weekend with a goalscoring efficiency over Accrington Stanley.
That mentioned, the potential arrival of the younger Greek striker would absolutely sound alarm bells within the Scouser’s thoughts.
In fact, we’ve little doubt that Slot and Co. would view it as welcome competitors to encourage the most effective out of our younger array of attacking expertise.
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