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Liverpool are closing in on the Premier League title as they sit on prime of the desk, 15 factors forward of 2nd positioned Arsenal.
They’re additionally within the League Cup remaining, with a conflict towards Newcastle scheduled to be performed at Wembley coming Sunday.
Within the Champions League, they’ve a slender 1-0 lead towards PSG, going into the second leg at Anfield tomorrow night time.
The subsequent two video games are large for the Reds of their hopes of successful multiple silverware this season.
Whereas these on the pitch proceed to concentrate on the video games forward, behind the scenes, the Reds have started engaged on the the transfers forward of the summer time switch window.
Liverpool eager on signing Jan Paul van Hecke
They’ve been linked with a number of gamers, with one in every of them being Brighton’s Jan Paul van Hecke.
As per the newest report from GiveMeSport, the Merseyside membership are eager on signing a brand new centre-back in the summertime and are ‘displaying curiosity’ in van Hecke.
The report claims that there’s an excessive chance that the 2019/20 Premier League champions will think about ‘heading into negotiations’ with Brighton within the subsequent few months.
It additional provides that the participant has impressed the membership’s recruitment crew who make choices based mostly on a data-driven method. They’re mentioned to have been impressed by his consistency stage in addition to his skill to make ahead passes from the again.
Whereas the curiosity continues to be in its early phases, supervisor Arne Slot has reportedly requested his scouting crew to proceed monitoring his performances earlier than making a remaining resolution.
Liverpool are monitoring Brighton’s Jan Paul van Hecke . (Photograph by Jacques Feeney/Offside/Offside by way of Getty Pictures)
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van Hecke has been excellent this season
Paul van Hecke has made 30 appearances this season, scoring 1 and helping 1 and has been a key participant for them in what has been a extremely good season for the Seagulls up to now.
They sit sixth within the league, simply 1 level behind reigning Premier league champions Man Metropolis, 3 factors behind Chelsea at 4th place and 5 factors behind third positioned Nottingham Forest.
He scored this previous weekend to assist his facet to a 2-1 win towards Fulham, their 4th consecutive win within the league.
The 24-year-old defender has been broadly praised for his performances by followers and pundits alike, with former Premier League supervisor Harry Redknapp describing him as very good early on within the season.
Paul van Hecke praised for his performances
After selecting him in his crew of the week again in September, Redknapp mentioned (quotes by way of Birmingham World):
“Jan Paul van Hecke at Brighton has actually impressed me up to now this season. I believed he was glorious of their win over Manchester United and was very good once more towards Arsenal.
“He’s so strong, he wins every little thing that comes his method and is forming a wonderful partnership with Lewis Dunk. He’s simply acquired his first call-up to the Netherlands squad – that’s a mirrored image of how nicely he’s taking part in,”
He has additionally been praised by Pep Guardiola for his sturdy efficiency throughout Brighton’s 2-1 win over Man Metropolis. The Spaniard praised the ‘aggression’ he confirmed to defend towards Erling Haaland all recreation. Guardiola mentioned (quote by way of Objective):
“He was glorious. The best way he linked up within the recreation was spectacular, and the gamers actually stepped up with their brief passes. There are a whole lot of positives at this membership (Brighton). In fact, Fabian has added his distinctive contact. How Van Hecke linked and was aggressive was very, excellent.”
