Liverpool rumoured to have made contact over possible move for central defender
Liverpool are reported to have made contact with French club Lille OSC over a possible move for defender Sven Botman.
Jürgen Klopp has seen his squad decimated this season by an injury crisis of unprecedented proportions. The two most-serious injuries were sustained by The Reds' first-choice centre-back pair of Joe Gomez and Virgil van Dijk. Both players are out for most of the season with neither expected to return before April or even May.
With Joël Matip having his own …
Sven Botman: The ideal centre-back for Liverpool?
Lille tend to be shrewd operators in the transfer market, especially when it comes to selling. Yet the feeling was they’d allowed Gabriel Magalhães to leave the club for a knockdown price having only pocketed £27million for the in-demand centre-back. Liverpool, Chelsea and Everton had all been linked with the Brazilian but it was Arsenal who stumped up the money to bring him to England. What many didn’t realise at the time was the Ligue 1 side had already signed an …
Reds reportedly interested in Lille OSC midfielder Boubakary Soumaré
Liverpool is reported to be one of a number of clubs currently interested in acquiring the signature of Lille OSC's midfielder Boubakary Soumaré.
French publication Le10Sport is claiming that Soumaré's situation is currently being monitored by a number of clubs including AC Milan, Arsenal and Manchester United. Bundesliga side Hertha Berlin is also strongly linked with the French midfielder, according to the article.
Soumaré joined Lille OSC on a free transfer in 2017 after leaving Paris Saint-Germain. Last season, he …
Liverpool linked with Lille midfielder
Liverpool are reported to be interested in Lille midfielder Boubakary Soumaré according to a French media outlet.
Le10Sport published a story claiming The Reds were all set to compete with rivals Manchester United for the signing of the 21-year-old.
Soumaré is a France U21 international and played a huge role in Lille OSC's 2019/20 campaign with 20 league appearances. He operates mainly as a central or defensive midfielder and, standing at 6'2" tall, Soumaré offers a great physical presence in …
Reds claim "zero interest" in Lille's Nicolas Pepe
Liverpool FC moved quick yesterday to quash rumours that they were currently negotiating a deal with Nicolas Pepe and his French Ligue 1 club, Lille.
The 24-year-old Ivory Coast winger has reportedly been attracting the interest of Liverpool and some other top European clubs thanks to his hugely impressive Ligue 1 performances with Lille in 2018/19.
Pepe managed a brilliant 22 goals and 11 assists from his wide-right position with Lille last season, helping them to a second-place finish in …
Divock Origi | Time to Shine
The transfer period is a funny and fickle time; it’s now become almost bigger than league games, where fans spend all summer concentrating on refreshing twitter feeds and reading gossip columns. There are constant debates about whomever signs the biggest and best players must be the best team, and opposition fans ridicule the teams that have not been active.
With the excitement (or anger) surrounding the new addition of Sadio Mane, the fans have been talking about him, his inclusion …
Here Comes Saint Vincent - Vincent Enyeama
Last season Vincent Enyeama went 1,062 minutes without conceding a goal. The record was ended by a tame shot that caught a wicked deflection to smash off the post and into the Lille goalkeeper’s goal.
The purple patch ended after eleven consecutive clean sheets but the Nigerian international would go on to add nine more to his season, ending the campaign with 20.
In a week where Brendan Rodgers seems to have finally lost faith in Simon Mignolet, there has …
Divock Origi | Liverpool Transfer Target Stats Report
Liverpool have this week been linked with a £6 million move for LOSC Lille and Belgian striker Divock Origi following he exploits at the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil having come of the bench to impress in all 3 of Belgium’s group games helping them to 3 wins even scoring the winner himself in the 88th minute vs Russia. What he has shown is his short stints at the World Cup is that he is a young player with …