Liverpool are reportedly monitoring the Championship’s Younger Participant of the Season, Alex Scott, who may present a long-term choice in midfield.
With Liverpool reportedly set to spend £70 million on Alexis Mac Allister, they are going to be taking a look at extra budget-friendly choices to enhance the squad as nicely.
Scott is the most recent title to be linked with a transfer to Merseyside, with Keifer MacDonald of the Liverpool Echo reporting that the Reds are protecting “a detailed eye on his growth.”
The report then added: “The ECHO understands Liverpool are conscious of the progress being made by {the teenager}.”
The Bristol Metropolis midfielder was named the Championship’s Younger Participant of the Season final month and his supervisor, Nigel Pearson, has valued him at “greater than £25 million.”
At simply 19 years previous, Scott is youthful than the opposite gamers linked to Liverpool in his place, however he has the credentials to go far within the recreation.
Jack Grealish has beforehand praised the teenager and the Bristol Metropolis boss, Pearson, informed BBC Radio Bristol: “[I have] little doubt about that, I feel he’ll play for England and I feel he’ll go on to the highest of the sport.”
Scott is already enjoying for England under-20s and can quickly participate in that age’s World Cup alongside Liverpool defender Jarell Quansah.
One other Purple he’ll know from worldwide responsibility is Luke Chambers.
The 2 received’t be collectively this month, nonetheless, because the Liverpool loanee has chosen to stick with Kilmarnock reasonably than fly to Argentina for the World Cup.
Whereas £25 million could be a excessive value to pay for Scott, who has by no means performed top-flight soccer, Jurgen Klopp and his workforce would certainly forego any hesitation ought to they deem the 19-year-old adequate.
