ARNE SLOT' FIRST TRANSFERS AT LIVERPOOL: This Team Will Be a Monster 🤯
For Liverpool, this season is technically over, and the most interesting topic for fans now is what the team will look like next season with Arne Slot.
In this video, Football Club will tell you about all the transfer rumors, Liverpool's targets, outgoing transfers and what the Reds' squad will look like in the 2024/25 campaign. Let's go!
Goalkeepers
Let's start with the foundation for any team - the goalie position. Obviously, Alisson Becker will remain the first choice.
But his backup is likely to change. Caoimhin Kelleher, who has been Liverpool's second goalkeeper for the past few years, wants to have regular playing time, and you can't blame him for that. So the Irishman will move with a 90% probability.
The Reds currently have two options to replace him. Football Insider reports that the Merseysiders have a concrete interest in 21-year-old Burnley goalkeeper James Trafford. The Man City graduate is a European champion with the England youth team and has excellent prospects.
The downside for Liverpool will be his price: Burnley only bought Trafford from City last summer for 15 million pounds, which means that the Merseysiders will have to pay more to get the player.
Anyway, Liverpool have another great option. The name of this option is Vitezslav Jaros. The 22-year-old Czech goalkeeper is a graduate of the Reds' academy and this season he made a breakthrough in his career. In the winter, he went on loan to play for Austrian side Sturm and so far this experience has been super successful for him. His club have already won the Austrian Cup and are leading the league with 3 games to go. By the way, Sturm can interrupt the hegemony of Red Bull Salzburg, who have been champions for 10 seasons in a row. And in this enchanting season from Sturm, Jaros plays a key role.
So Liverpool have two good options to back up Alisson.
Fullbacks
Now let's move on to the fullback position. Currently, the Reds have the following options: Andy Robertson and Kostas Tsimikas on the left, and Trent Alexander-Arnold and Conor Bradley on the right. We will also include here Joe Gomez, who can play any position in the defense.
Of all these players, Tsimikas is the most likely to leave the club: the Greek has no playing time and does not meet Liverpool's high standards.
Journalist Sam McGuire reports that Joe Gomez may also leave the Reds. The reason is the same - the lack of a regular starting spot. Joe is appreciated in Liverpool, but if he wants to leave, he will be allowed to go.
If Gomez leaves, Liverpool will turn their attention to Feyenoord captain Lutsharel Geertruida. This season, he plays as a right-back, but, like Gomez, he can play anywhere in the defense. Of course, in this video we will often mention Feye's players because Arne Slot, quite logically, will want to bring several footballers with him.
The Reds will also be looking for a left-back in the summer, who will initially compete with the 30-year-old Robertson, and eventually become the main man in this position.
Liverpool are currently considering two major names: Ryan Ait-Nouri from Wolves and Quilindschy Hartman from Feyenoord. Ait-Nouri's advantage is his experience in the Premier League. At 22, he already has 95 matches in the EPL and is a perfect fit for the Reds' attacking philosophy. Transfermarkt estimates the Algerian at 32 million euros.
As for Hartman, his advantage is the experience of working with Slot at Feyenoord and the coach will probably want to continue working with a familiar player. After all, it was with Slot that Hartman won the Eredivisie and became a player of the Dutch national team.
He should be cheaper than Ait-Nouri and is estimated at €23 million, however, he is currently recovering from a serious knee injury and will not be able to play until the end of the year.
Center-backs
Liverpool have already started looking at center-backs for the summer transfer window as one of the priority positions to cover, – Fabrizio Romano shared.
Indeed, signing a center-back is an absolute priority for the club. Joel Matip will leave the Reds in the summer. Jarell Quansah lacks experience and his development should be gradual. Ibrahima Konate is injury prone.
That leaves only Virgil Van Dijk, who turns 33 in the summer and who also needs to be given a rest sometimes. So there is an option where the Reds will sign not one, but two center-backs.
Journalist Pedro Almeida shared an insight that the two main targets for this position are Gonzalo Inacio from Sporting and Micky Van De Ven from Tottenham. Earlier, BILD wrote that Liverpool are keen on signing the 22-year-old Willian Pacho from Eintracht.
All three of these players are united by the fact that their strong foot is left. The Reds have long wanted to add a left-footed center-back to the squad. And while the transfer of Van De Ven is unlikely.
