Liverpool will have to do the majority of this season without the services of Virgil van Dijk and Joe Gomez after the two centre-backs were sidelined with long-term injuries.
Barcelona are also having defensive woes as Gerard Piqué picked up an injury in his side’s league defeat to Atlético Madrid last weekend.
Samuel Umtiti, who has struggled with injuries over the years, has not featured this season and has still not regained full fitness.
Both Jürgen Klopp and Ronald Koeman had to rely on youngsters to fill in the void left by the injured defenders.
Ezequiel Garay could be the solution. According to Sport, Barcelona and Liverpool are attentive to the 34-year-old, who is without a club after being released by Valencia at the end of the last season.
It’s claimed the Argentine defender has been ‘offered’ to the two clubs, presumably via an agent, as a ‘emergency resource’ in January to fix their defensive injury crisis.
Garay suffered a cruciate ligament injury in February, which is why he failed to find a new club in the summer. This factor that would play ‘against him’ for either Barca or Liverpool in the next window.
Sport claims the Catalan club’s ‘main objective’ remains Manchester City’s Eric García.
