Liverpool haven’t had the perfect first half of their Premier League season and Jurgen Klopp will certainly be hoping to refresh his profitable squad in 2023 since issues have turned stale at Anfield.
The Reds are at the moment ninth within the top-flight desk with simply 28 factors collected from a potential 54 after 18 outings – one thing that should drastically enhance if they’re to have any hope of securing a Champions League qualifying spot inside the highest 4.
Borussia Dortmund wonderkid Jude Bellingham and Wolverhampton Wanderers midfielder Matheus Nunes have each had strikes mooted to Merseyside in the summertime, nonetheless, with so many gamers both coming to the tip of their contracts or effectively into their 30s at this level, it will be extremely advantageous to spark a full midfield rebuild.
One participant who has been linked with the six-time Champions League winners this week is Chelsea star Mason Mount, a participant who cannot solely be a part of the youth revolution desperately wanted within the coronary heart of the crew but additionally comes with baggage of Premier League expertise.
The Guardian reported on Friday that Liverpool had been monitoring the England worldwide’s state of affairs at Stamford Bridge because the London membership are struggling to achieve an settlement with the participant on securing his future with a brand new contract.
Over 18 Premier League appearances, the £80k-per-week ace – who was hailed the “full package” by Thomas Tuchel – has scored three objectives, registered two assists and efficiently accomplished 60% of his dribbles, in addition to averaging 1.6 pictures on objective, 1.4 key passes, 1.6 tackles and 4.1 duels gained per recreation.
The truth is, Klopp may land the proper Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain improve with the signing of Mount because the 29-year-old midfielder is without doubt one of the Liverpool gamers at the moment in the previous few months of his contract and set for an Anfield exit this summer time.
When evaluating the attacking-minded positional friends, Mount has outperformed Oxlade-Chamberlain in various attributes this season together with objective contributions (5 v 1), go completion charge (75.3% v 73.7%), shot-creating actions per 90 minutes (3.17 v 2.64), tackles gained (16 v 4), profitable dribbles (53.6% v 30.8%) and ball recoveries (69 v 19).
Not solely that, identical to the Liverpool stalwart, the 23-year-old is extraordinarily versatile in his positioning, that includes throughout various midfield positions and likewise has expertise enjoying on each the left and right-wing too, one thing that Klopp is an enormous fan of as he likes to deploy his gamers in various totally different roles.
With that being mentioned, the signing of Mount could be a significant coup for the powers at Anfield and will make an enormous distinction within the centre of the pitch for the Reds of their pursuit to get again to dominating in each the Premier League and Europe subsequent season.