Feyenoord defender Lutsharel Geertruida was in attendance for Liverpool’s 2-2 draw at West Ham on Saturday and “would love” to adjust to Arne Slot to Anfield.
Sources throughout the Netherlands declare Geertruida, who has worn the captain’s armband for Slot’s Feyenoord this season, is “ready for a change.”
De Telegraaf‘s Marcel van der Kraan experiences on the 23-year-old’s journey to the London Stadium, which bought right here all through time without work from teaching with Feyenoord.
Van der Kraan experiences that Geertruida “would love” to affix Slot in making the swap to Liverpool, whereas Feyenoord are “already anticipating his departure.”
The Dutch membership, who’ve agreed a compensation bundle to allow their supervisor to interchange Jurgen Klopp this summer season, “know that the defender needs to make an unlimited step in his occupation.”
Geertruida will enter the last word 12 months of his contract this summer season and it’s described as “unthinkable” for Feyenoord to allow him to depart on a free change.
That suggests that, till the Netherlands worldwide had been to sign a model new deal, Feyenoord would possibly need to promote him throughout the subsequent change window.
A worth of €30 million (£25.7m) was quoted to RB Leipzig remaining 12 months, with this valuation held up if Liverpool had been to make an methodology.
It stays to be seen whether or not or not there’s curiosity from Merseyside, in spite of everything, or whether or not or not hyperlinks with Geertruida are merely on account of his relationship with Slot.
Whereas Slot will doubtless be consulted on future signings, it has been made patently clear that the 45-year-old will arrive as head coach, comparatively than a supervisor, with recruitment throughout the fingers of sporting director Richard Hughes.
Geertruida might very effectively be an attractive prospect for Liverpool nonetheless, given his age, potential, experience and suppleness.
Turning 24 in July, the Feyenoord academy graduate has already carried out 195 situations for the membership, doing so most frequently as a right-back however moreover working as a centre-back, left-back and defensive midfielder.
Twenty-five of those appearances have come as captain, with Slot trusting him as a result of the most-used participant of his full managerial occupation.
Liverpool are on account of see Joel Matip depart on the expiry of his contract this summer season, which may open up a spot throughout the squad for at least one defender.
