Jurgen Klopp excited fans recently after admitting that Liverpool are in the market for a new midfielder, despite previously ruling the possibility out.
Riddled with injuries, particularly to midfielders, Liverpool have endured a dreadful start to the new 2022-23 season.
Winless from their first three games, including a crushing 2-1 defeat against bitter-rivals Manchester United last time out, Klopp will already be fearing his side have handed Manchester City the Premier League title.
However, in a desperate attempt to bring in some much-needed midfield cover before the transfer window closes next week, Klopp recently admitted the Reds’ plans have changed.
Speaking to reporters ahead of the Reds’ next match against Bournemouth, the German, as quoted by Fabrizio Romano, said: “Yes, I am the one who said we don’t need a midfielder – and you were all right and I was wrong. Now we are going for a midfielder. We will do something but it has to be the right one.”
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When it comes to possible targets, Liverpool, just like Klopp said, are notoriously strict in their scouting. The club’s transfer policy has generally been a successful one, and although they’re unlikely to make any ‘panic buys’, according to recent reports, there are two players of interest to the 2019-20 Premier League winners.
That’s according to a recent report from The Mirror, who claim Barcelona’s Frenkie De Jong and Brighton and Hove Albion’s Moises Caicedo are two players the Reds could consider making late moves for.
Caicedo would certainly be the cheaper option, but following Manchester United’s relentless attempts (and failure) to capture De Jong, the Dutchman may be Liverpool fans’ pick.
Nevertheless, whichever player Liverpool end up targeting, one thing is for sure, with just a few days left before the window slams shut, time is against the Reds, so they must act quickly.
Why are they suddenly interested in Caicedo after a massive 11 games in the PL? If this is supposedly the case after such a short PL career, why did they not sign him in February last year when he was available for £4.5M?
That’s right, it was the ‘genius’ of Edwards striking again. I guess Caicedo wasn’t injury prone enough for Edwards to buy. His love of buying injury prone midfielders is a huge factor in the problems over the last two or three seasons.
I think we all know that this is probably gonna end with us getting nobody and Milner getting an upgraded asthma pump
The priority here shouldn’t be how good or quick the midfielder is but how consistence he is…… We have lots of good players in that department but 80% of these lads are injury prone!