Liverpool have made an strategy for a younger Brazilian participant who may have an enormous future within the recreation, with one other Premier League membership additionally within the combine.
Reward for Wirtz forward of Liverpool Everton conflict
The Reds host Everton within the Merseyside derby on Saturday lunchtime, with Florian Wirtz anticipated to be a key determine all through at Anfield.
Liverpool‘s big-money summer time signing is enhancing on a regular basis, as he adjusts to life at an enormous membership, with teammate Jeremie Frimpong praising him after the 3-2 win over Atletico Madrid: “He’s simply getting began, ? Clearly I’ve been with him for 4 years in Leverkusen, so I do know what he can do. I’m seeing that it’s coming, there’s much more to see from him.”
In the meantime, Arne Slot has additionally spoken positively about Wirtz, stressing the significance of remembering that he’s nonetheless a really younger footballer who’s getting used to a brand new league.
“He was certainly a number of instances near scoring a objective, he was additionally a number of instances near helping a objective,” Slot instructed reporters at Anfield. I feel he was the one who created probably the most probabilities for us in the present day. I can see with him as nicely additionally that he’s getting fitter and fitter and adjusting increasingly more to us, which is regular, you want a little bit of time to regulate.
“Everyone knows how a lot high quality he has, however generally individuals overlook that he’s a 22-year-old that comes for the primary time overseas. Final 12 months I got here once I was 46 and it was my first time that I began working overseas, the primary two or three months your complete life is altering.”
Liverpool make strategy for Brazilian teenager
Talking of kids, a brand new report from ESPN Brazil claims that Liverpool have made an strategy for Gremio goalkeeper Gabriel Menegon, with the 16-year-old a highly-rated younger prospect and already standing at a formidable 1.96m, larger than Reds captain Virgil van Dijk (1.95m).
Whereas he’s now part of Brazil’s Below-17s facet, Megenon is predicted to hitch Gremio’s senior facet quickly, with Nottingham Forest additionally within the race alongside the Reds and sporting director Richard Hughes.
Signing the perfect younger expertise round ought to at all times be on the forefront of Liverpool’s pondering, and in Menegon, they may have a really particular participant on their palms.
The Brazilian has one cap at Below-17 degree for his nation, and, in the long term, might be a future a part of the senior squad. Alisson and Ederson are at present Brazil’s elite choices, however over time, Menegon might be the following star keeper.
Liverpool will ultimately must signal a alternative for Alisson, and whereas Giorgi Mamardashvili is pencilled in as his successor, signing Menegon might be good, giving the Georgian stern competitors over time.