Liverpool have been given a lift in the event that they want to signal a highly-rated younger defender, with the participant believed to be very eager on an Anfield transfer.
The season shouldn’t be over, the Champions League quarter-finals beckon and a top-four end remains to be being chased — however at Anfield, planning for the summer time is already effectively underway.
And from every part rising this week, it’s shaping as much as be one of the vital rebuilds since Arne Slot walked by way of the door, however not fairly final summer time’s mammoth spree.
Liverpool are reportedly pursuing Newcastle’s Anthony Gordon in what might turn out to be a serious double winger overhaul.
Cody Gakpo, who has divided opinion all through the marketing campaign, is being supplied to potential suitors by intermediaries, with the Dutchman’s future more and more unsure regardless of having signed a contract extension to 2030 solely final August.
Gordon, a lifelong Liverpool fan who got here agonisingly near becoming a member of earlier than signing a long-term take care of Newcastle, stays on the high of Slot’s want checklist if a left-wing improve is to be made (TEAMtalk).
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Gordon is not the one Newcastle participant on FSG’s radar both, with some stories claiming Liverpool are within the race for Italy star Sandro Tonali as effectively.
The best facet of defence additionally wants critical consideration.
Conor Bradley has been out since January after struggling a critical knee harm in opposition to Arsenal and won’t be seen once more this season. Jeremie Frimpong has additionally been hampered by hamstring points all through his debut 12 months on Merseyside.
Discovering a dependable, long-term right-back possibility for subsequent summer time is now a transparent precedence for sporting director Richard Hughes.
However that’s not the one defensive space Liverpool are scouting.
Roggerio Nyakossi needs to hitch Liverpool
In keeping with Belgian newspaper Het Nieuwsblad, lined by Sport Witness, Liverpool have turned their consideration to a younger centre-back quietly making a reputation for himself within the Belgian high flight.
Roggerio Nyakossi, a 22-year-old Swiss defender, has caught the attention throughout a standout season for OH Leuven, the place he has been since becoming a member of from Marseille in January 2025.
This marketing campaign he has began 17 of 18 league video games, averaging over 4 clearances per match and contributing three objectives — a powerful return for a central defender.
The membership have in contrast him to Ezechiel Banzuzi, who left OH Leuven for RB Leipzig final summer time for £14 million, and the tag of “the brand new Banzuzi” has adopted Nyakossi ever since.
The path to signing him, nonetheless, shouldn’t be fully simple.
Marseille maintain a buyback clause on the participant, the precise worth of which has not been disclosed. If the French membership select to train that possibility, Liverpool can be blocked from pursuing him additional.
If they don’t, OH Leuven are anticipated to demand a ‘substantial charge’ — although one that will nearly definitely fall beneath the £14 million they obtained for Banzuzi.
Liverpool, the report states, seem ‘prepared’ to pay the charge required.
Crucially, Nyakossi would “very very similar to” to hitch Liverpool, handing Slot’s facet additional encouragement.
For Liverpool, touchdown a hungry, enhancing centre-back with top-flight pedigree for modest outlay would tick a number of packing containers without delay. Whether or not Marseille get in the way in which stays the important thing query.
The Reds are stepping up their pursuit.
