Orkun Kokcu throughout a recreation with the Turkish nationwide workforce (Photograph by Stu Forster/Getty Photographs)
There may be rising curiosity in Benfica star Orkun Kokcu, who might be allowed to go away for golf equipment resembling Liverpool or Manchester United for round €60-70m, CaughtOffside understands.
The Turkey worldwide has beforehand shone below Liverpool supervisor Arne Slot throughout their time collectively at Feyenoord, with the participant just lately talking publicly about how extremely he charges the Dutch tactician.
Sources with a detailed understanding of the scenario have knowledgeable CaughtOffside that Liverpool might be in a very sturdy place to signal Kokcu as a result of Slot connection, although there haven’t but been any contacts over a potential transfer.
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On prime of that, there’s additionally understood to be curiosity from Man United below new supervisor Ruben Amorim, who will know the Benfica star nicely from his time managing in Portugal with Sporting Lisbon.
The place subsequent for Orkun Kokcu?
Orkun Kokcu in motion for Turkey (Photograph by Ahmad Mora/Getty Photographs)
Sources have additionally named Tottenham as a possible workforce to look at within the race for Kokcu, who has a €150m launch clause at Benfica, however who might transfer for lower than that if he pushes to be allowed to go away.
It’s anticipated that the 23-year-old’s true worth is perhaps nearer to €60-70m, whereas the participant can also be regarded as eager on taking part in within the Premier League sooner or later sooner or later.
One imagines English golf equipment is perhaps best-placed to afford Kokcu at this level, as we’ve so typically seen them having the ability to out-bid their European counterparts in recent times.
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Liverpool boss Slot would do nicely to get the prospect to work with Kokcu once more, as the previous Feyenoord playmaker might absolutely add one thing a bit totally different to this LFC facet.
Slot has executed nicely with the squad he’s inherited from Jurgen Klopp, however sooner or later he’ll absolutely wish to put his personal stamp on the workforce, and dealing with one among his former gamers would absolutely make sense as transfer for all concerned.