Oihan Sancet and Arne Slot (Picture by Denis Doyle, Justin Setterfield/Getty Pictures)
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 underneath 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 may now be ready to strive providing round €80million to signal in-form attacking midfielder Oihan Sancet.
The report states that Athletic would doubtless discover it onerous to show down that type of cash, so it could possibly be sufficient for LFC to get a deal completed, with the gifted 24-year-old seemingly recognized as an ideal match for Slot’s aspect.
Liverpool have already got a variety of high quality in midfield and assault, however Sancet is a little more of a quantity 10 participant, so may give the Merseyside giants a brand new dimension together with his taking part in fashion and objective menace from the center of the park.
What do Liverpool want within the January switch window?
Whenever you’re 9 factors clear on the prime of your home league and in addition performing fantastically in Europe, it may be onerous to know precisely the place to strengthen your squad.
Sancet appears to be like like somebody who may slot in nicely at a prime membership like Liverpool, nevertheless it’s additionally true that there’s not an apparent want for him, so may €80m maybe be higher spent elsewhere within the squad?
Liverpool may profit from a bit extra depth in defence now that Ibrahima Konate is injured, whereas it may also be sensible to suppose 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 greatest, so may a brand new left-back additionally make sense as extra of a precedence for Liverpool than an attacking midfielder?