Having already signed Alexis Mac Allister from Brighton, Liverpool aren’t done bolstering their midfield this summer.
Unable to qualify for next season’s Champions League, the Reds are intent on returning into the top four next season, with a big clear-out currently taking place on Merseyside.
The Argentine was the first of at least two midfielders to come in, with Nicolo Barella also a reported target, if Tuesday’s edition of Gazzetta dello Sport is anything to go by.
The newspaper have a big spread on the Inter Milan star and what the future could hold for him, explaining that Liverpool are one of many Premier League sides keen to sign him this summer if possible.
In fact, they claim the Reds are ‘at the head of the band’ of suitors, as they would like to recover the ‘electricity’ they once had on the football pitch.
Any of the Premier League teams could be able to ‘practically double’ his wages, and that’s why his agent, Alessandro Beltrami, appears to have one ear turned towards England.
While Inter have no desire to sell their star player, there is a fear that a big transfer fee being slapped on their desk could convince them.
There would be a need for a fee of €80m minimum to start talks, and we will have to see whether Liverpool have such money at this moment in time.
Down the player’s end, ‘if the courtship, especially that of Klopp, has reached his ears’, he has given no signs that he wants to leave just yet, but there is a concern of whether that will be the case ‘if the British interest were to become more pressing’.
Therefore, it all comes down to Liverpool and their wallet at this point.
