Liverpool are reportedly taking a agency curiosity in signing James Maddison and will pounce on any uncertainty over his future at Leicester.
The England worldwide has lower than 18 months left on his present contract on the King Energy Stadium (Transfermarkt), and the Foxes may very well be open to cashing in on him if there isn’t any signal of a brand new deal being agreed upon.
Soccer Insider reported on Monday that “Liverpool have an ‘lively curiosity’ in Leicester Metropolis playmaker James Maddison forward of the summer season window, with the 26-year-old ‘in no rush to pen new phrases on the King Energy Stadium.”
The report added that the Reds are ‘monitoring‘ the participant’s scenario and ‘are anticipated to be within the combine for his signature’ if he doesn’t signal a contract extension with Brendan Rodgers’ aspect.
The Midlands membership will seemingly ‘not hesitate to money in on the England worldwide this summer season in the event that they imagine a brand new contract is unfeasible’, with a proposal within the area of £60m-£70m prone to be sufficient to tempt them into promoting.
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If Liverpool have been to signal Maddison, he might carry echoes of one other playmaker to have labored underneath the Northern Irish tactician. The present Leicester boss has beforehand mentioned that the 26-year-old ‘is a bit like Philippe Coutinho’ (as per The Athletic, by way of All Soccer).
If the Englishman have been to duplicate the affect that the Aston Villa ace as soon as had at Anfield, he would certainly develop into an instantaneous fan favorite.
No matter you make of the style wherein the Brazilian departed the Reds for Barcelona 5 years in the past, his affect on Merseyside can’t be dismissed, having netted 54 objectives in 201 appearances (Transfermarkt) and been included within the PFA Staff of the 12 months in 2015 (BBC Sport).
Maddison has an excellent higher return for Leicester, additionally racking up 54 objectives however taking simply 191 video games to take action (Transfermarkt), whereas he might add a really welcome impetus behind the entrance three at Liverpool.
The 26-year-old has 9 objectives thus far this season and netted twice as many final time period (Transfermarkt). For comparability, Harvey Elliott is our highest-scoring midfielder within the present marketing campaign with 5 objectives, whereas Fabinho led the way in which in that regard in 2021/22 with eight.
If the months tick by with no signal of an settlement with Leicester, it may very well be fairly worthwhile for FSG to check the waters with a probably tempting provide.
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