Liverpool’s Transfer Priorities Revealed…
With Darwin Nunez’s $62 million move to Al Hilal, Liverpool is poised to hit the transfer market like a shopaholic on Black Friday. While they ponder wooing Newcastle’s Alexander Isak, whose transfer saga is longer than a Lord of the Rings movie marathon, the Reds are cautious not to end up with a forward line thinner than a paper napkin. Having already sold Luis Diaz, Liverpool’s attack needs a serious boost, especially with Chiesa possibly exiting to Italy. They’ve got Mohamed Salah and Cody Gakpo left, which feels like trying to perform a symphony with a kazoo and a harmonica.
Liverpool has welcomed Hugo Ekitike from Eintracht Frankfurt with a fee that could be mistaken for the GDP of a small nation, and Florian Wirtz is more versatile than a Swiss army knife. But Arne Slot knows the squad’s depth rivals that of a kiddie pool. They don’t want to rely solely on 17-year-old Rio Ngumoha, who is almost too young to remember who the Spice Girls were. As Salah prepares to skip off to AFCON mid-season, adding at least one more attacker seems vital, unless Jeremie Frimpong plans to clone himself to cover multiple roles on the field. The clock is ticking towards the September 1 deadline, keeping Liverpool’s transfer team as busy as a squirrel at a nut factory.
