Liverpool make bid for exciting young attacker

Away from the one loss subsequent to their identify this season within the Premier League, Liverpool have been close to faultless within the top-flight beneath Arne Slot.

Certainly, the high-flying Reds sit on the very high of the division with a hefty 56 factors accrued from 23 video games as each Arsenal and Nottingham Forest desperately try to make amends for 47 factors every.

If all goes to plan from this level onwards, Slot’s males ought to cruise to a title success throughout their new supervisor’s very profitable first marketing campaign, with the Dutchman now waiting for the long run – away from any silverware to come back – with a brand new switch goal.

Liverpool submit provide for teenage star

As per the Daily Express, Liverpool have now submitted a suggestion to signal Crimson Star Belgrade starlet Andrija Maksimovic.

Aston Villa are additionally named as one other social gathering wanting on the Serbian teenager, with Maksimovic’s agent Zoran Stojadinovic additional elaborating that the attacking midfielder might go for a payment across the £17m mark.

While this would not be a purchase order for the right here and now, this might nonetheless be an thrilling choose up for the Reds to get carried out, with the 17-year-old a gung-ho fashion attacking midfielder that may slot into the free-flowing Liverpool aspect properly alongside each Mohamed Salah and Luis Diaz.

What Maksimovic might provide Liverpool

Already capped 4 occasions at a senior degree for his nation, Maksimovic might nicely make this subsequent huge step in his profession look easy as nicely.

In any case, the teenager has performed in seven Champions League clashes this season and never look fazed by any means by the glitz and glamour, with loads of targets and assists coming his method in each the youth set-up at Crimson Star and within the first-team fold.

Amazingly, a elegant free-kick effort earlier within the marketing campaign was Maksimovic’s first-ever senior strike for Crimson Star, with the promising Reds goal now as much as three targets and 4 assists general for his Serbian employers from 23 clashes.

Maksimovic’s youth numbers for Crimson Star additional reinforce why his price ticket stands at such a steep £17m, with the 6-foot gem serving to himself to a ridiculous 31 targets from 33 appearances, earlier than then changing into a constant starter up an age bracket.

Due to this fact, he might slot in fantastically alongside each Salah and Diaz. The pair of them have been distinctive this time period however this transfer might present Slot’s males much more firepower, because the table-toppers are considerably reliant on the dazzling magic of the Egyptian or Diaz as a lone striker.

Staggeringly, Salah has a mixed aim and help haul within the Premier League alone of 34, while Diaz additionally is available in at double digits at ten.

Trying on the desk above, the targets and assists are unfold out throughout the squad fairly evenly, however there’s a slight lack of contributions coming from the center of the park with the likes of Dominik Szoboszlai solely on 5 for the marketing campaign.

The Hungarian midfielder performed within the quantity ten function final day trip versus AFC Bournemouth, regardless of typically being launched into clashes in a far deeper spot, with there a necessity maybe for Slot to have extra personnel to throw into video games behind the lone striker.

That is the place Maksimovic might come in useful to assist out Salah and Diaz, with Liverpool additionally gaining one other high teen within the course of who may very well be used as an impression face like Harvey Elliott and Curtis Jones.

In any case, Liverpool do not want entire host of immediate enhancements this January, with this signing one that would go on to be an impressed buy if every little thing goes to plan down the road.

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