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Liverpool may very well be pressured to signal a brand new ahead – (Picture by Carl Recine/Getty Photos)
There’s a really actual risk that Liverpool might miss out on the signing of Johan Bakayoko this summer season.
The Belgian worldwide is known to be a topic of nice curiosity to the recruitment groups at Borussia Dortmund and Newcastle United.
The Magpies have been considered able to sanction a transfer for the PSV attacker within the January switch window, although discovered that the funds merely wouldn’t add as much as allow this.
Bakayoko has since loved a comparatively productive marketing campaign within the Eredivisie, registering 13 purpose contributions (10 targets, three assists) in 33 video games (throughout all competitions).
Liverpool must put the groundwork in for Johan Bakayoko
Johan Bakayoko may very well be a person in excessive demand this summer season – (Picture by Lars Baron/Getty Photos)
BVB and Newcastle appear to stay the largest gamers on this specific switch story.
The winter sale of Donyell Malen to Aston Villa additionally implies that the Bundesliga giants will certainly double down of their efforts to bolster the precise flank within the subsequent window.
“True: Dortmund will face competitors from Newcastle for Johan Bakayoko,” Christian Falk knowledgeable CaughtOffside in his unique Truth Recordsdata column.
“The BVB bosses have centered on Bakayoko a number of occasions previously. For the reason that sale of Donyell Malen, they’ve been on the lookout for a substitute on this place.
“There’s additionally the specter of Jamie Gittens and Karim Adeyemi being bought in the summertime – which might additionally present contemporary cash.”
Time, it appears, is working out for Liverpool to evolve their very own curiosity and set up a foothold forward of the top of the 2024/25 season.
Liverpool want to handle their Mo Salah drawback
One can’t assist however nod to the elephant within the room with regard to Mo Salah’s ongoing unresolved contract saga.
It’s a reasonably important “elephant” given the Egyptian is at the moment on 49 purpose contributions for the marketing campaign.
While Bakayoko’s numbers don’t maintain a candle to his Liverpool counterpart, there’s hardly a surplus of high quality left-footed, right-sided wingers in soccer for the time being.
The Merseysiders would additionally, one expects, be tempted to financial institution on the 21-year-old’s clear potential while pushing the burden of targets down the road.
Given the more and more clear must improve on Darwin Nunez this summer season (and handle Diogo Jota’s repeated harm struggles), signing a relatively extra skilled goal-getter might do the trick.
What Darwin Nunez did in Liverpool dressing room after Villa draw
