Liverpool scouts are reportedly set to take a better have a look at one participant with echoes of Joe Gomez.
Regardless of a summer season buying spree to the tune of virtually £450m, the Reds’ defensive choices nonetheless look worryingly gentle amid accidents to 2 of the brand new arrivals in Jeremie Frimpong and Giovanni Leoni, with the latter set to be sidelined for a very long time after tearing his ACL.
It’s heightened the sense of remorse over the collapse of the deadline day deal for Marc Guehi, and whereas hyperlinks with the Crystal Palace captain persist, sporting director Richard Hughes can also be casting a watch on the European marketplace for potential recruits.
Liverpool scouts watching Wilfried Singo
In keeping with Turkish outlet Sabah, Liverpool had scouts at Galatasaray’s 3-0 win over Ajax within the Champions League final week (which prompted the Dutch facet to sack Johnny Heitinga) to look at Wilfried Singo, with Manchester United and Arsenal additionally understood to be eyeing the defender.
The Merseyside delegation have been reportedly impressed by the 24-year-old and can jet out to get one other have a look at him in his crew’s forthcoming European fixtures in opposition to Union Saint-Gilloise and AS Monaco.
The latter really bought the Ivory Coast worldwide to the Istanbul outfit for round €30m (£26.4m) in the summertime, and his launch clause is about at twice that quantity, with membership chiefs braced for gives within the January switch window.
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Liverpool know all about Singo already
Liverpool followers may keep in mind Singo from Galatasaray’s win over us six weeks in the past, with the Ivorian serving to his crew to victory by successful eight duels (the second-most for his facet) and three tackles, together with making 4 clearances and two interceptions (Sofascore).
His statistics from the 3-0 thrashing of Ajax have been additionally spectacular, having received seven duels, accomplished 100% of his dribbles and 92% of his passes, and made three tackles and three interceptions (Sofascore).
Just like Gomez, the 24-year-old is equally snug at right-back and centre-back, and his means to seamlessly cowl each positions instantly makes him an interesting choice to contemplate, along with his defensive attributes.
As per FBref, Singo ranks extremely for quite a lot of qualities on and off the ball compared to different centre-backs in Europe’s essential leagues, whereas he’s among the many high 1% of full-backs in Europe over the previous 12 months together with his match averages for interceptions (1.92), clearances (5.61) and aerial duels received (2.3).
Moreover, in his time with Torino when he was youthful, the Ivory Coast worldwide stood out for his tempo, energy and dribbling (The Cult of Calcio), so it’s obvious that he has quite a few strings to his bow apart from his versatility.
It appears inevitable that he received’t depart Galatasaray on a budget, particularly if a bidding struggle have been to ensue between a number of suitors, and the quantity of curiosity in him will solely develop if he continues to impress on the Champions League stage.
Liverpool may do with reinforcing their defensive choices in January, particularly if additional accidents strike within the meantime, and so they may do rather a lot worse than pursue the 24-year-old who’s already gotten one over on the Reds this season.
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