Liverpool are reportedly making plans to sign West Ham star Nayef Aguerd in the January window – and believe they can beat Manchester City to his signature by axing a popular long-serving star in the process.
The Reds spent the summer rebuilding their midfield after waving farewell to six stars since the end of last season. And while the exits of James Milner, Naby Keita, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain and the ineffective Arthur Melo were long prepared for, the sales of Fabinho and Jordan Henderson came much more out of the blue.
That left Liverpool in something of a desperate hunt for reinforcements with Jurgen Klopp ultimately making four signings – the last of which in Ryan Gravenberch only arrived on deadline day – to reinforce his engine room.
The Netherlands international will be hoping to make his Liverpool debut at Wolves this Saturday, with Klopp now left to figure out how best to accommodate the Dutchman alongside fellow new boys Dominik Szoboszlai, Alexis Mac Allister and Waturu Endo.
It’s definitely a nice problem to have and Liverpool finally have plenty of fresh faces to select now in their midfield against troubled Wolves.
However, it is easy to forget that Klopp actually went into the summer window also looking to strengthen in defence. Indeed, the Reds boss also had a new centre-half and a new right-back on his shopping list. And it was only when Fabinho and Henderson left that Klopp’s attention was diverted to his midfield instead.
However, The Sun claims Klopp will revisit his plan to strengthen his defence in January. And they claim he is targeting a move for highly-rated West Ham centre-half Aguerd when the transfer window re-opens in just 112 days.
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