Liverpool Soccer Membership have had a blended begin to their pre-season marketing campaign beneath new supervisor Arne Slot. The Reds will probably be hoping to enhance on their ultimate season with Jurgen Klopp in cost, who might ‘solely’ safe the Reds a top-four end and the Carabao Cup title, quite than the quadruple the entire membership dreamed of.
Up to now, they’ve performed two preseason video games and began out in disastrous style, struggling a 1-0 defeat in opposition to Championship facet Preston North Finish. With that being stated, they did play 25 completely different gamers, with the main target of the pleasant to get minutes into their legs quite than successful.
The primary recreation of their preseason tour in america of America noticed them overcome Spanish facet Actual Betis 1-0 in Pittsburgh, because of a aim from Dominik Szoboszlai. The remainder of their time within the USA will see Slot’s facet face Premier League rivals Arsenal and Manchester United earlier than a pleasant in opposition to Sevilla at Anfield closes out pre-season, with their first Premier League recreation in opposition to newly promoted Ipswich simply days away at that time.
To assist their case for subsequent season, Liverpool should quickly dip into the switch market to strengthen their squad; at this stage, they’ve but to make an acquisition. Nevertheless, they’ve been linked with one participant who might bolster their attacking choices.
Liverpool focusing on in-demand winger
The participant in query right here is Galatasaray and Turkish worldwide winger Baris Alper Yilmaz. The 24-year-old impressed for the Turkish giants final season and has now been linked with a transfer away from the membership through the summer time switch window.
Based on a report from Turkish information outlet FotoMac earlier this week, Liverpool have ‘set their sights’ on a deal to signal the winger over the summer time, with the report suggesting that the Reds have ‘been following the star participant for some time’.
FotoMac imagine that Slot’s facet are ‘making ready to make an official provide quickly’ and that the bid might attain round £25m. Nevertheless, to be able to promote their star winger this summer time, Galatasaray would solely settle for a bid nearer to £29m, that means Liverpool are a way in need of the worth wanted to carry him to the membership.
The report means that the 19-time English top-flight champions will not be the one facet excited about signing the teen this season. They counsel that Yilmaz’s ‘identify has been talked about with many golf equipment in Europe’, though they don’t identify some other golf equipment who need to purchase his providers, other than Liverpool.
Why Yilmaz can be a very good signing
In the course of the 2023/24 marketing campaign, Yilmaz impressed for Galatasaray. In 55 video games throughout all competitions, the 24-year-old grabbed seven targets and registered 12 assists. That included six targets and 7 assists within the top-flight in Turkey, and an help in opposition to Liverpool’s largest rivals, Man United, within the Champions League.
He additionally went to Euro 2024 together with his nation. While he didn’t handle to seize a aim or help in Germany, Yilmaz nonetheless began each recreation and was a key participant as his facet went on a formidable run to succeed in the quarter-final.
Ought to Liverpool resolve to signal Yilmaz this summer time, he might show to be an astute substitute for Columbian winger Luis Diaz. The 27-year-old has been constantly linked with a transfer away from Anfield, and stories earlier in 2024 steered he’s a goal for golf equipment elsewhere in Europe together with Barcelona.
In the event that they do resolve to fee this deal and convey the Galatarsary winger to the membership, the Reds may very well be taking a look at their very personal Son Heung-min. Soccer expertise scout Jacek Kulig made this comparability prior to now, and it actually rings true when watching the pair.
How Yilmaz compares to Heung-min Son
Like Son, the 24-year-old is a direct, two-way winger who makes use of his tempo to make him lethal in transition, and a nightmare in one-vs-one situations for defenders. The Turkey worldwide can be an outstanding dribbler, in a position to make use of his 6 foot 1 body to his benefit.
Yilmaz is adept at taking part in proper throughout the entrance three, and final season for Galatasaray, performed on each wings and as a centre-forward, similar to we’ve got seen Son do for Tottenham Hotspur for years. It might be the case that he doesn’t discover his finest place for plenty of seasons, however he’s at the moment excelling out vast, though don’t appear to do higher on one of many wings specifically.
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Yilmaz document per place 2023/24 |
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|---|---|---|---|
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Place |
Video games |
Objectives |
Assists |
|
Proper wing |
27 |
5 |
7 |
|
Left wing |
12 |
1 |
3 |
|
Left again |
7 |
N/A |
1 |
|
Proper again |
6 |
1 |
1 |
|
Centre ahead |
3 |
N/A |
N/A |
|
Whole |
55 |
7 |
12 |
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Stats from Transfermarkt |
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It’s also mirrored of their stats, in response to Sofascore. Final season within the prime flight of Turkey, Yilmaz created ten large possibilities and averaged 1.2 key passes per recreation. As per Sofascore, Son barely edged him and created a formidable 20 large possibilities within the Premier League and two key passes every recreation.
A key move is a move that instantly results in a shot on the opponent’s aim.
Nevertheless, one space during which the 24-year-old Turkish worldwide did trump the Spurs captain is in his profitable dribbling stats. Yilmaz accomplished 1.8 dribbles per 90 minutes final season, at a hit price of 56%, though Son accomplished simply 1.1 dribbles at a hit price of simply 45%.
Sports activities commentator and broadcaster Stephen Doyle described Yilmaz as a “super” participant to observe, and that’s actually mirrored in his statistical document. His profile will surely match the direct type of play that Slot has begun to implement at Anfield, and his addition might permit the sale of Diaz which might imply the membership have extra money to reinvest within the squad.
For simply £29m, this can be a deal that Liverpool won’t need to miss out on and can be a shrewd first signing of the Slot period to assist in giving him the most effective likelihood of silverware in his debut marketing campaign at Anfield.
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