According to Spanish outlet Nacional (via Football365), Liverpool is’ready to pay’ Real Madrid’s asking price for midfielder star Federico Valverde this summer.
The La Liga giants are asking around £76 million for the Uruguay international, and while Chelsea and Manchester City are also interested, the report adds that Jurgen Klopp’s side are ‘leading the race’ for his signature.
Klopp is eager to add to his squad after completing the signing of Alexis Mac Allister from Brighton earlier this month and losing James Milner, Naby Keita, and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain.
According to 90min, Liverpool were ‘knocked back’ after enquiring about a move for Valverde, with the player himself admitting he’d like to continue winning trophies with Los Blancos, but this latest report appears to suggest that Real will be more active in the transfer market ahead of next season.
The Real Madrid star is a world-class player who has won it all at the Bernabeu.
It would be surprising if he left Carlo Ancelotti’s side this summer, especially after contributing 12 goals and seven assists last season (across all competitions), but stranger things have happened.
Meanwhile, OGC Nice’s Khephren Thuram and ‘Gladbach’s Manu Kone are the two names with stronger ties to L4 this summer.
The Frenchmen performed admirably for their respective clubs last season, and it is believed that some progress has been made in our pursuit of both players.
It remains to be seen what additional business we complete before next season, as we aim to compete on all four fronts once more.
