Oihan Sancet and Arne Slot (Photograph by Denis Doyle, Justin Setterfield/Getty Photos)
Liverpool are reportedly able to bolster their title hopes even additional with a serious signing for the January switch window.
The Reds are flying excessive on the prime of the Premier League desk below Arne Slot proper now, and it appears the membership are able to make up for a quiet summer season by backing him with cash to spend in January.
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In keeping with Spanish outlet Fichajes, Liverpool might now be ready to attempt providing round €80million to signal in-form attacking midfielder Oihan Sancet.
The report states that Athletic would possible discover it exhausting to show down that type of cash, so it might be sufficient for LFC to get a deal performed, with the gifted 24-year-old seemingly recognized as an ideal match for Slot’s aspect.
Liverpool have already got quite a lot of high quality in midfield and assault, however Sancet is a little more of a quantity 10 participant, so might give the Merseyside giants a brand new dimension together with his taking part in fashion and purpose risk from the center of the park.
What do Liverpool want within the January switch window?
Once you’re 9 factors clear on the prime of your home league and likewise performing fantastically in Europe, it may be exhausting to know precisely the place to strengthen your squad.
Sancet appears to be like like somebody who might slot in effectively at a prime membership like Liverpool, but it surely’s additionally true that there’s not an apparent want for him, so might €80m maybe be higher spent elsewhere within the squad?
Liverpool would possibly profit from a bit extra depth in defence now that Ibrahima Konate is injured, whereas it may also be sensible to assume forward to Virgil van Dijk presumably leaving on a free switch subsequent summer season if he doesn’t agree a brand new contract quickly.
Andrew Robertson additionally appears to be like just a little previous his finest, so might a brand new left-back additionally make sense as extra of a precedence for Liverpool than an attacking midfielder?
