Having raided Chelsea for one of many nation’s highest-rated younger prospects in Rio Ngumoha just a few weeks in the past, Liverpool may fancy their probabilities of luring one other gifted prodigy from Stamford Bridge within the close to future.
Final week, Miguel Delaney reported for The Impartial that the Merseyside giants are monitoring Blues teenager Josh Acheampong, who’s additionally believed to be of curiosity to Actual Madrid, Tottenham and Newcastle, though the west Londonders have been most reluctant to promote the right-back.
Nonetheless, Anfield chiefs may view some drastic developments in SW6 as a lift to their probabilities of signing the 18-year-old.
Liverpool goal frozen out at present membership
On Tuesday afternoon, The Athletic reported that Acheampong has successfully been frozen out at Chelsea, having been advised by membership chiefs that he received’t play for his or her first crew or growth squad till he places pen to paper on a brand new contract.
His present deal runs to 2026 and talks had commenced over an extension, though nothing has been finalised as of but.
His standing in west London has been laid naked by Enzo Maresca’s choice to make use of central defenders at right-back when Reece James and Malo Gusto had been out injured final month, in addition to the 18-year-old not being chosen for the Blues’ under-21 facet since mid-September regardless of being an everyday in the beginning of the season.
Might Liverpool raid Chelsea for one more teenage expertise?
Chelsea have earlier relating to ostracising gamers who permit their contract conditions to linger, because the contentious exits of Mason Mount and Conor Gallagher illustrate. In reality, Liverpool benefitted from an analogous situation to Acheampong’s present dilemma by snapping up Dominic Solanke on a free switch from the Blues in 2017 (The Athletic).
If the Reds had been to lure {the teenager} to Anfield from west London simply as they did with Ngumoha earlier within the autumn, it’d be one other feather in LFC’s cap relating to poaching vivid younger abilities from Premier League rivals.
If Acheampong continues to be frozen out at his present membership and opts to not signal a brand new deal, he might properly search an exit from Stamford Bridge, a situation which could play into our arms if Richard Hughes could make a sufficiently attractive provide.
The 18-year-old would have Trent Alexander-Arnold and Conor Bradley forward of him within the right-back queue at Liverpool, though the previous continues to be the topic of a lot hypothesis over a potential transfer to Actual Madrid amid his personal contract saga.
As Chelsea get themselves into one other off-field mess, the Anfield hiearchy may properly be watching occasions in west London with curiosity…
