Liverpool have reportedly made an offer for an “unstoppable” Premier League player, but it isn’t Bournemouth star Antoine Semenyo.
The Reds are now surely in need of a new attacking signing when the January transfer window arrives, due to Alexander Isak’s broken leg.
Liverpool’s record signing is expected to be out for several months, with reliable journalist David Ornstein confirming as much:
“I don’t have any news on him, but if a player scores, then gets injured and then doesn’t come back on the pitch and doesn’t try to come back… which Conor Bradley, for example, did, but I had to take him off as well because he couldn’t go on, but if a player doesn’t even try to come back that’s usually not a good thing. But I cannot say anything more than that, that is just [a] gut feeling. Nothing medical to say about it.”
But it looks like midfield is also an area of the pitch that Liverpool are looking at, with a report from Spain claiming that they have tabled a £52.4m bid for Tottenham youngster Lucas Bergvall.
The update claims that this “confirms the enormous growth of the young midfielder and forces the London entity to make a strategic decision that can mark its sports project in the short and medium term”, with Spurs having a big call to make.
While they “had no intention” of selling the 19-year-old Bergvall, “a proposal of this calibre completely changes the scenario.”
Bergvall a midfielder with a huge future
Bergvall may not necessarily be standing out too much currently, but that is far more to do with Spurs’ struggles than his own undoubted ability.
Liverpool have felt the wrath of the Swede in the past when he scored against them in the semi-finals of the EFL Cup last season, and Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola has described him as an “unstoppable” player.
Fresh blood in Liverpool’s midfield wouldn’t be a bad thing, especially with Alexis Mac Allister looking jaded this season and being linked with a move to Real Madrid.
Wataru Endo may also leave at the end of the campaign, and is now 32 years of age, so Bergvall could take his place in the Reds’ squad, growing into a key starter over time.