Liverpool desire UNSTOPPABLE 21-year-old centre-back
© IMAGO-Arne Slot Liverpool 2024-25 Liverpool are dealing with plenty of disruption in the centre-back department during this off-season. The club have actually lost Jarell Quansah in a ₤ 30m+ deal to Bayer Leverkusen while Ibrahima Konate might end up leaving if no brand-new agreement is agreed quickly.
For that reason links to incoming defenders make good sense in the current climate. And Liverpool appear to have a key in mind for central protective reinforcements over the past couple of windows.
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There was an unsuccessful attempt to sign Leny Yoro last summer season from Lille while this year we have seen links to Dean Huijsen and Giovanni Leoni to name a few.
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The Reds’ decision-makers – including sporting director Richard Hughes – are targetting young centre-backs with room for enhancement.
Liverpool want a young centre-back Perhaps Marc Guehi is the exception to this rule as a recognized Premier League captain. Because if Konate ends up leaving then Liverpool will require a brand-new, starting centre-back who can step into the breach.
Another defender who certainly fits the mould as a promising young centre-back is Konstantinos Koulierakis. The 21-year-old moved from PAOK in his native Greece to Wolfsburg in the Bundesliga last summer season.
Since then, the central defender has actually developed himself in the German leading flight and he is back on the menu at Anfield.
Liverpool’desire’Koulierakis That’s according to the most recent report from Liverpool insider David Lynch, who declares that Koulierakis in addition to Parma starlet Leoni is being examined.
“The desire to include a young centre-back with space to grow is apparent, and is why the likes of Parma’s Giovanni Leoni and Wolfsburg’s Konstantinos Koulierakis have been seen,” he writes on his Substack.
It’s not the very first time Koulierakis has actually been linked with Liverpool. Back in spring, Anfieldwatch reported that he was very much in the thoughtsof Liverpool’s recruitment team.
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‘unstoppable’Previous reports have actually valued the player at ₤ 41m with his Wolfsburg agreement extending till 2029.
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In an interview with Anfield Watch, Koulierakis’ former coach at the PAOK academy, Alexiadis Alexandros, said: “At the first year, he was amongst the three top skills in his age group.
“From the minute he relocated the U17 and altered his position, he has actually been unstoppable up until now.”
The left-footed defender has played 14 times for the Greece first team and looks set for a career at the greatest level soon.