Football transfer rumours: Liverpool to land Fede Valverde for £77m?
Liverpool’s bid to sign 25% of the world’s midfielders continues apace and the latest to come into the crosshairs – for a second time we think, it’s hard to keep track – is Real Madrid’s Fede Valverde. Perhaps miffed by losing out on Jude Bellingham, the Reds seemed determined to land one of Madrid’s others central players as revenge and have already been sniffing around Frenchman Aurélien Tchouaméni this summer.
Jürgen Klopp has now turned his attention to Uruguay’s Valverde, and reports in Spain have come up with £77m from their random transfer figure number generator. Watch this space, and then watch other spaces as Liverpool turn next to Roméo Lavia from Southampton and Bayern Munich’s Ryan Gravenberch.
To make room for all these incomings to the Anfield engine room, frivolous speculation is required on those exiting the exit door and Saudi Arabia now provides the perfect vehicle for such idle gossip. A 32-year-old with a history of injury trouble looks ripe for that so (carefully) step forward Thiago Alcântara. Something something about him removing “Liverpool” from his bio on some social media page somewhere is apparently indisputable evidence that the Spaniard’s time on Merseyside is over.
Steven Gerrard is on the lookout for players people have heard of after going through his squad list at Al-Ettifaq and not having a scooby. Makes sense then to believe that his old mate Jordan Henderson could head to Saudi and help sort that rabble out. As could another Gerard bestie, Aston Villa’s Philippe Coutinho. Perhaps Gerrard will just reform Liverpool’s 2013-14 near-miss title squad and also give Jon Flanagan and Martin Skrtel a bell.
One former target who definitely won’t be starting in Liverpool’s eight-man midfield next
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