Al-Ittihad wanted to sign Liverpool star Mohamed Salah in the last window but the Reds were successful in their efforts to keep him at Anfield.
The Saudi Arabian club are expected to return for the 31-year-old in the near future and this could force Jürgen Klopp’s side to start searching for his replacement.
On Monday, The Athletic came up with a list of targets who could replace the Egyptian at Liverpool and Real Madrid’s Vinícius Júnior was among them.
This is relayed by today’s Sport, who give their own take on the possibility of the Brazil international ending up at the Merseyside club.
With regards to Vinícius, it’s claimed the ‘door for hope could open’ for Liverpool, and that’s because the 23-year-old hasn’t yet signed a new deal. The report explains that the English club will ‘remain waiting as long as there are possibilities of signing him’.
Sport are a Catalan newspaper, who have close ties to Barcelona, and they could be trying to stir things up with regards to Vinícius’ future at Real Madrid.