Jurgen Klopp could get closer look at transfer 'target' who can solve big Liverpool dilemma
Liverpool completed a well-documented £150m midfield revamp last summer, but their engine-room overhaul might not end there.
The Reds signed Alexis Mac Allister, Dominik Szoboszlai, Wataru Endo, and Ryan Gravenberch, while waving off Jordan Henderson, James Milner, Fabinho, Naby Keita, and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain.
Such surgery left Jurgen Klopp with eight senior midfield options, courtesy of the aforementioned incoming quartet, Curtis Jones, Havey Elliott, Thiago Alcantara, and Stefan Bajcetic. However, with the latter pair missing most of the campaign with long-term injury, the German has, at times, had to look elsewhere.
Trent Alexander-Arnold and Cody Gakpo have made a number of appearances in midfield this season to help bolster options, with the debate regarding the former’s long-term position ongoing. Meanwhile, academy graduates James McConnell and Bobby Clark have been handed a handful of outings themselves, with highly-rated 16-year-old Trey Nyoni also included but unused in three senior matchday squads.
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Throw in the likes of Tyler Morton and Fabio Carvalho, currently on loan in the Championship with Hull City, and Klopp has options both this season and beyond - even if injuries have at times depleted the numbers of those available at his disposal. But that doesn’t mean Liverpool’s engine-room surgery is necessarily complete.
Thiago, who hasn’t started a match in nearly 12 months because of a hip injury, will celebrate his 33rd birthday in April and is out of contract at the end of the season. Unlikely to be offered an extension, the Reds will arguably need a
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