Oihan Sancet and Arne Slot (Photograph by Denis Doyle, Justin Setterfield/Getty Photographs)
Liverpool are reportedly able to bolster their title hopes even additional with a significant signing for the January switch window.
The Reds are flying excessive on the high of the Premier League desk beneath Arne Slot proper now, and it appears the membership are able to make up for a quiet summer time by backing him with cash to spend in January.
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Based on Spanish outlet Fichajes, Liverpool might now be ready to attempt providing round €80million to signal in-form attacking midfielder Oihan Sancet.
The report states that Athletic would doubtless discover it exhausting to show down that sort of cash, so it might be sufficient for LFC to get a deal executed, with the gifted 24-year-old seemingly recognized as an ideal match for Slot’s aspect.
Liverpool have already got a number of high quality in midfield and assault, however Sancet is a little more of a quantity 10 participant, so might give the Merseyside giants a brand new dimension together with his enjoying fashion and purpose risk from the center of the park.
What do Liverpool want within the January switch window?
If you’re 9 factors clear on the high of your home league and likewise performing fantastically in Europe, it may be exhausting to know precisely the place to strengthen your squad.
Sancet seems like somebody who might slot in properly at a high membership like Liverpool, however it’s additionally true that there’s not an apparent want for him, so might €80m maybe be higher spent elsewhere within the squad?
Liverpool would possibly profit from a bit extra depth in defence now that Ibrahima Konate is injured, whereas it may additionally be sensible to suppose forward to Virgil van Dijk probably leaving on a free switch subsequent summer time if he doesn’t agree a brand new contract quickly.
Andrew Robertson additionally seems somewhat previous his greatest, so might a brand new left-back additionally make sense as extra of a precedence for Liverpool than an attacking midfielder?