Highlights
- Virgil van Dijk is a giant fan of Liverpool’s new defensive goal.
- Described as a ‘mountain’, it might take £30m to signal him.
- It is a transfer that would completely displace Joe Gomez within the squad.
Liverpool must look ahead.
This window has been extraordinarily damaging to the Reds’ popularity. The scattered approaches for Romeo Lavia and Moises Caicedo have been damning indictments of the membership’s unsuccessful switch technique, which has left the membership scrambling for choices.
The concentrate on the midfield misgivings has directed consideration away from a scarcity of defensive depth, with is one other pivotal subject that should be resolved.
Consequently, Liverpool are reportedly enthusiastic about signing somebody to type that very downside.
What’s the newest Liverpool switch information?
In keeping with Soccer Insider, Torino star Perr Schuurs is ready to reappear on Liverpool’s radar as Jurgen Klopp searches for defensive reinforcements.
After dropping pursuit of different targets – with Micky van de Ven becoming a member of Tottenham Hotspur and Goncalo Inacio penning a brand new cope with Sporting CP.
In the meantime, Schuurs, who might price as much as £30m, is considered as a ‘realistically priced choice’ for the Merseysiders.
Furthermore, a well-placed supply advised Soccer Insider that Liverpool captain and compatriot Virgil van Dijk is ‘effectively conscious’ of his high quality and is a ‘huge fan’ of the 23-year-old.
What’s Perr Schuurs’ strengths
The Dutchman has been at Torino since 2022 and made 30 Serie appearances for the Italians final season. In that point, Schuurs averaged 3.2 clearances per recreation, 1.7 tackles per recreation, solely dribbled previous 0.4 instances per recreation, gained 55% of his duels, accomplished 77% of his dribbles, and didn’t make any errors resulting in an opposition shot or aim.
Schuurs’ commendable numbers imply he additionally ranks impressively throughout the continent as he sits inside the high 18% in Europe’s high 5 leagues amongst his positional friends for profitable take-ons per 90, in addition to the very best 22% for tackles per 90.
The centre-back has beforehand been hailed as a “nice Dutch Expertise” by former Premier League winner Marc Overmars after the teenager spent 4 years at Ajax.
A participant of this profile and potential is a wise improve for Joe Gomez, who after eight years at Anfield, has struggled for type and consistency.
A few of this has been out of the 26-year-old’s management, as as a result of persistent damage points, he has missed a mammoth 233 video games via damage, which has seen him fluctuate inside the pecking order.
Previous to the present season, within the final three Premier League campaigns, the previous Charlton Athletic prodigy has featured simply 36 instances, however when he performed has seemed shaky and unconvincing.
Alan Shearer has bolstered this attitude, saying: “Joe Gomez makes too many errors. Virgil van Dijk doesn’t look comfy when he’s alongside him. You at all times really feel [they] are going to present one thing away when Gomez is taking part in.”
With Liverpool aiming to retake their rightful place again within the high 4, while additionally juggling Europa League soccer, Klopp should be afforded probably the most reliable gamers, and Gomez, sadly, doesn’t fall into this class.
While Van Dijk and Ibrahim Konate are prone to stay because the German’s first-choice defensive pairing, the “mountain” that’s Schuurs – as dubbed by reporter Josh Bunting – can present an impeccable piece of depth in a extra dependable method than Gomez.