Liverpool know that they will need to undergo some serious surgery in the summer to correct the midfield, especially with as many as three options in that department set to go once their contracts expire.
Jude Bellingham remains very much their main target for the window and Frank McAvennie has backed the player to end up on a “bespoke” posting at Anfield.
“He has to go to Liverpool. I think it’s tailor-made for him. He will also think that, ‘I have to go there,’” the former West Ham star told Football Insider.
“It’s not often that you see players and think they are made for the club, but Bellingham is made for Liverpool.
“I think it’s some kind of hand glove. They really need it now. They’re not doing too well right now.”
With a sale price potentially raised to the £130m mark, of course, the Englishman represents a serious financial commitment for any interested party.
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Based on the evidence of his Dortmund career and the teenager’s impressive World Cup performances, £130m would still feel like a relative bargain for a player who could be a mainstay in our midfield for at least the next decade.
In their current form, Madrid and Manchester might seem the most attractive options, of course, although we hope Bellingham and his advisers consider the bigger picture of the club and the promise of the Liverpool project.
Although the player is talented, of course, Bellingham will not be the answer to all the problems we are experiencing at the moment, but it would still count as a great statement of intent regarding our intention to return to the top of the mountain both in the country and abroad.
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