Liverpool have now contacted £40m+ “box-to-box” star about January move

Liverpool have approached the entourage of a Serie A star a couple of potential transfer to Anfield in January, in response to studies.

Liverpool switch information

The Reds and FSG had a quiet first summer season beneath new supervisor Arne Slot, signing simply two new gamers. The primary, goalkeeper Giorgi Mamardashvili, stays with Valencia and will not transfer to Anfield till subsequent summer season, whereas the second, Federico Chiesa, has barely featured for the Reds resulting from health and harm issues.

After the New 12 months, nevertheless, Slot could also be a bit busier within the switch market. The Reds have already been linked with various large, and small, names, together with Fulham’s American full-back Antonee Robinson, Sporting Lisbon starlet Geovany Quenda, and Chelsea’s Mykhailo Mudryk.

In the meantime, a deal for Sevilla defender Loic Bade, in response to a latest report from Spain, already been agreed. The Spanish publication claims that Bade had been a goal for Liverpool since final summer season and that he’ll now be part of them in January, assuming ‘”nothing goes improper.”

Ederson approached by Liverpool

One other participant who may very well be Merseyside sure subsequent yr is Atalanta midfielder Ederson. Based on sports activities journalist Rudy Galetti, Liverpool and FSG have recently approached the Brazilian’s entourage to “discover the negotiation margins for January.”

Galetti claims that Manchester United have additionally approached Ederson’s group, whereas Manchester Metropolis are within the race for the 25-year-old, too.

Atalanta, nevertheless, would not wish to lose the Brazil worldwide, who has been capped twice by his nation, within the winter, says Galetti, however may very well be keen to take heed to bids in extra of £42 million subsequent summer season.

Ederson started his profession in his residence nation with Desportivo Brasil. Following spells with Cruzeiro, Corinthians, and Fortaleza, he moved to Italian membership Salernitana in January 2022. He spent simply six months on the Stadio Arechi earlier than being snapped up by Atalanta, the place he is since established himself as one in every of Serie A’s prime holding midfielders.

Final season, he additionally performed a starring position as La Dea received the Europa League for the first-ever time, beating Bayer Leverkusen within the closing.

Again in January, South American soccer professional Tim Vickery described Ederson to Sky Sports activities as a “sturdy, well-built central midfielder.”

“Sturdy on the ball, versatile, box-to-box. Sturdy character as properly. The primary time I keep in mind him was his skilled debut actually. He was thrown within the deep finish in an enormous group known as Cruzeiro, who had been actually on the slide. They had been relegated in dreadful kind and even on this unhealthy context, he stood out, so a whole lot of virtues.”

Ederson’s former Corinthians head coach Tiago Nunes, in the meantime, previously described him as “a participant with a whole lot of energy, a whole lot of bodily potential, a participant who was a strong striker on the ball, with good approach.”