Liverpool fans will be expecting a number of midfielders to arrive at the club this summer and have therefore linked us with a host of them, however one of those midfielder options now appears to have been taken by another Premier League club. .
As reported by Christian Falk for CaughtOffside: “Manu Koné is a player every league has their eye on (his contract is still up to 2025). Everybody knows that there is a big chance that other clubs will catch him, which is why they have created this price,” Christian Falk revealed exclusively to CaughtOffside in his Substack column.
“26.6 million pounds sterling sounds like a crazy amount in England with the valuation of the pound and in Germany you say it’s 30 million euros, which sounds normal for a player like that.
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PSG also has an eye on him. We have asked him about his future and he has told us that it would be interesting to play with Kylian Mbappé (but they can always play together in the national team). He has always dreamed of two clubs: one is Real Madrid and the other is Chelsea!
“Kone mentioned Chelsea because he was a big fan of Didier Drogba, which explains his fascination with the London-based club. There is nothing concrete at the moment, but it is seen that he is potentially going to leave in the summer.
He is already talking openly about new clubs and you can see that he is interested in England, and there are many clubs that would be on the table. With Chelsea, he himself has put another one”.
Manu Kone has been linked with a move to Anfield on a number of occasions and you’d think the relatively low transfer fee would be a big draw for us as we look to bring a number of bodies to our squad this summer.
On top of this, Chelsea have a glut of players so you wouldn’t think they would be looking to bring in too many players at the end of the campaign, but their performances on the pitch may well compel them to.
Many of our supporters will simply prioritize the arrival of Jude Bellingham, which will no doubt also be the club’s priority, but we also need to sign some cheaper players to bolster our squad and cover the likely departures of Naby Keita, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, Arthur Melo, James Milner, and Bobby Firmino.
Ruling out a name isn’t a major issue at this stage, but hopefully we can still bring in some affordable talent as we hope to bounce back next season.
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