With Liverpool anticipated to signal a brand new centre-back in the summertime switch window, a dependable supply has introduced up curiosity in a Chelsea defender.
Although damage to Virgil van Dijk and Ibrahima Konate noticed Nat Phillips denied a transfer away in January, the long-serving Englishman is ready to depart this summer time.
Past that, there are query marks over the way forward for Joel Matip, who will flip 32 in August and, together with his kind declining, will solely have a yr left on his contract.
Liverpool are believed to be monitoring quite a few younger centre-backs with a view to bringing a brand new face in on the finish of the season, with RB Leipzig’s Josko Gvardiol a preferred identify amongst supporters.
However journalist David Lynch, talking on Soccer Insider’s The Insider Present, has introduced up curiosity in Chelsea teenager Levi Colwill.
Unprompted, Lynch introduced up how the membership had been “conserving a watch” on the 20-year-old, who was impressing on mortgage at Brighton previous to a long-term quad damage.
“He’ll be two years out from the tip of his contract when this summer time comes round,” the journalist, who beforehand labored on the membership, defined.
“He might not be satisfied he’s notably obtained a future at Chelsea and he’s somebody that Liverpool like.
“In order that, once more, is one other one that might come into play in the way in which that [Mason] Mount is.
“If he doesn’t wish to signal a brand new deal, if he isn’t satisfied of his future at Chelsea – they could even go and signal Gvardiol, really – then possibly he comes into play for Liverpool.
“So that might be an fascinating one.”
There isn’t a assure Liverpool will goal Colwill, however it’s actually fascinating that Lynch would convey him up as a potential signing, corroborating info from GOAL‘s Neil Jones.
Jones famous Colwill as a possible goal earlier in March, together with Gvardiol, Benfica’s Antonio Silva, Sporting CP’s Goncalo Inacio, Torino’s Perr Schuurs, West Ham‘s Nayef Aguerd and even Everton‘s Jarrad Branthwaite.
The reference of Mount’s scenario at Chelsea can also be price noting, with Lynch claiming that Liverpool would “completely love” to signal the 24-year-old.
That will be alongside, reasonably than as a substitute of, Jude Bellingham, who he feels is more likely to make the transfer to Anfield as a substitute of becoming a member of Man Metropolis or Actual Madrid.
Like Mount, Colwill may discover himself going through main competitors for a beginning spot when he returns to Stamford Bridge this summer time, and Liverpool may capitalise if he pushes for the exit.
