According to reports, Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp wants to sign Nice midfielder Khephren Thuram during the summer transfer window
Klopp’s midfielders have taken a lot of the blame for Liverpool’s poor season, which has seen them finish seventh in the Premier League and out of all cup competitions.
There are strong rumours that the Reds will strengthen their midfield in the summer, with transfer expert Fabrizio Romano claiming two or three midfield signings will take place at Anfield.
“There are many midfield targets being discussed by Liverpool, not just Alexis MacAllister, Mason Mount, and Ryan Gravenberch,” Romano wrote in today’s Caught Offside column.
“But it’s still very early; Liverpool will undoubtedly sign midfielders, but April is not the time to sign players.” Because the market can be about opportunities at times, Liverpool is looking into various options. This summer, they are expected to sign two or three midfielders.”
They have been linked with a number of midfielders in the summer transfer window, including Inter Milan’s Nicolo Barella, Brighton’s Alexis MacAllister, Chelsea’s Mason Mount, and Bayern Munich’s Ryan Gravenberch.
According to Inter Live, Barella is one of their top targets, but Liverpool are also believed to be’stronger than anyone’ in the race to sign Nice midfielder Thuram, who Inter is also interested in.
Thuram is a ‘quite unrealistic’ potential Inter Milan signing because of the price, which is thought to be around €35 million (£31 million), and the cost of wages, and the report adds that ‘Klopp will win’ the race for the France international this summer.
According to the Spanish newspaper Nacional, Liverpool had a €80 million bid for Barcelona midfielder Frenkie de Jong rejected during the winter transfer window.
That is said to be the same amount Manchester United offered to buy the Netherlands international from the club last summer.
Liverpool ‘have not yet forgotten him, and they want to make a new attempt,’ as a move for De Jong is ‘the [midfield] option that seems to please’ Klopp the most.
Liverpool are ‘cooking up a new offer’ for De Jong ahead of the summer transfer window, according to Nacional, and the Premier League club ‘trusts that Baraa will be more receptive’ this time.
However, with De Jong’very comfortable’ at Barcelona, Klopp’s job’still seems difficult’.
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