Rating Liverpool's List of Midfield Targets (Part Two)
Liverpool's Midfield Search: The Contenders
Liverpool are currently in the middle of a search for another midfielder, due to the expected departures of Fabinho and Jordan Henderson to Saudi Arabia.
Part One Recap
In part one we looked into Southampton's Romeo Lavia, Benfica's Florentino Luis, Manchester City's Kalvin Phillips and PSG's Marco Verratti.
The New Names on the List
In this article we're going to look at a few more of the names being linked with a move to Anfield …
Liverpool Interested in World-Class Bayern Munich Midfielder
Liverpool's Interest in Goretzka
Liverpool are reportedly interested in making a move for Bayern Munich midfielder Leon Goretzka this summer, as exclusively revealed by Football Transfers.
Reds boss Jurgen Klopp reportedly sees the 28-year-old as his 'prime' transfer target, should one of his current midfielders in Fabinho leave the club in a £40million move to Saudi Arabia.
The report also claims that the Bundesliga champions would be willing to sell Goretzka if a bid of around £40million was to be …
'Prime candidate', LFC Target Bundesliga Star for Midfield Boost
Liverpool's Eye Turns To Bayern's Leon Goretzka
The German Connection: Klopp and Goretzka
Liverpool may soon find a new addition to its arsenal, with Jurgen Klopp casting his eyes on the German international, Leon Goretzka. The departure of the club's heavyweight players such as Jordan Henderson, Fabinho, and even Thiago Alcantara, could lead to a gap in the midfield that Goretzka is earmarked to fill.
Klopp's former Bundesliga rival, Thomas Tuchel, has quietly suggested that Goretzka might be allowed to …
Radio Silence Of Window A Sign Of Things To Come At Liverpool FC?
Radio silence makes everyone nervous, particularly when it comes to transfers.
Having allowed Coutinho to make his highly anticipated big-money move to Barcelona midway through the season with the top-four, FA Cup and Champions League still all to play for represents a huge risk from Jurgen Klopp and the owners. Naturally, that's sent fans into meltdown over who could possibly replace the Brazilian's verve and creativity in the No.10 role.
Such unease hasn't been helped by the stark lack of …
Leon Goretzka: A Midfield Maestro
Leon Goretzka is a familiar name to Liverpool fans now, having risen to footballing prominence during Germany's Confederations Cup campaign. But with new reports emerging of a potential transfer in January, to a Premier League club, Goretzka was one of the main points of discussion on the Euro Incision podcast, in which Bundesliga expert Jonathan Harding gave a quick profile of the coveted 22 year-old German international. You can find the Euro Incision Podcast as part of AnfieldIndex.com's subscriber content on …
Goretzka's Pro-Active Approach Makes Him An Ideal Signing For Liverpool
There’s been a lot of rumours floating about in recent weeks and few seem to be making as much noise as Leon Goretzka to Liverpool. With 12 months remaining on his contract, the Schalke midfielder is being scouted left, right and centre as attentions slowly begin to turn to the January window.
Despite securing the services of Naby Keita for the 2018 season, Jurgen Klopp’s side could do with midfield reinforcements in January, with a lack of ingenuity and creativity …
Seven Sensible Summer Signings for Liverpool
The season isn’t quite over, but following another roller coaster year of highs and lows — from competing for the title and chasing another cup final, to a loss of form and a dreadful run of results, back to chasing the top four — the club needs to press on with their summer transfer business.
As the rumours gather pace, the Echo runs stories of missed targets and underwhelming interest and the season continues to flabbergast, let’s take a look …
Kirkby vs The World: The Battle Ahead for Liverpool's Starlets
Liverpool Football Club are abundant (to say the least) in talented players over at Kirkby. Toni Gomes, Bobby Adekanye, Trent Alexander-Arnold, Ben Woodburn, and Adam Philipps are just a few of the boys shining in the academy. But leaping to Melwood isn’t a walk in the park for these players.
Since 2013, Liverpool have brought in the likes of Marko Grujic (18), Divock Origi (20), Lazar Markovic (20), Philippe Coutinho (20), Joe Gomez (18), Emre Can (21), and Daniel Sturridge …
The Champions League Isn't Needed for LFC to Strengthen
Lucky number Slevin is a good film. If you haven't already seen it then you should put aside two hours of your life and give it a watch. There will be no spoilers in this piece but the plot is built around a con named 'The Kansas City Shuffle'. It's hard to really put into words what this con revolves around but Wikipedia does it's best -
In order for a confidence game to be a "Kansas City Shuffle" the …
Liverpool's Defensive Midfield Search - Part 2
A few weeks ago, this writer published his ideal choices for a midfielder, shopping outside of the Bundesliga (which can be found here). Here, encompassing the homeland of Liverpool’s new manager, are this writer’s four picks from the Bundesliga to strengthen Liverpool’s midfield, in part two of our search for a defensive midfielder.
Granit Xhaka
Though the Bundesliga has pumped out midfield talent like a machine; a trait shared with the midfielders themselves, none have quite captured world football’s attention …