Liverpool could give new manager perfect start by revisiting £179m transfer plan
If you were to take a quick glance at the list of players Ruben Amorim has managed throughout his career to date, a number of names immediately stand out.
Beyond your litter of Premier League stars, past and present, three former Liverpool players feature among the Portuguese’s alumni. Sebastian Coates is his second most-used player, with the Sporting Lisbon captain making 172 appearances for Amorim to date.
Meanwhile, at the other end of the spectrum, Rafa Camacho and Tiago Ilori, both made a handful of appearances under the Sporting boss.
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But after a second glance, something else becomes clear. Without ever playing for Liverpool, an awful lot of Amorim’s former players have found themselves linked with moves to Anfield at various points in recent years.
Pedro Goncalves, Goncalo Inacio, Marcus Edwards, Matheus Nunes, Joao Palhinha, Manuel Ugarte, Ousmane Diomande, Jerry St. Juste, Nuno Mendes, Viktor Gyokeres, Morten Hjulmand, and Eduardo Quaresma can all boast the speculative ‘Liverpool transfer target’ mantle. Though obviously, some links are stronger than others.
For example, the ECHO reported back in January 2023 that the Reds were interested in Nunes, prior to him joining Man City last summer, while Liverpool have regularly been credited as admirers of Palhinha too.
Meanwhile, the Reds have repeatedly been heavily linked with Inacio for example, while the ECHO reported last January how they were monitoring Diomande.
Admittedly in modern football, where scouting has grown more complex than watching an individual player in person then directly making your move, it is
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