CHAMPION star could be coming to Liverpool | OneFootball

Liverpool have a plan in mind that could land a champion at the club. The Reds will re-enter the transfer market.

Liverpool are in need of a new centre-back with Giovanni Leoni now out long-term. The 18-year-old may well miss the entire season after rupturing his ACL on debut this week.

It’s a massive blow, of course. Not just because it leaves Liverpool short at the back but because Leoni looked like an absolute star against Southampton.

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The Italian lived up to his reputation as one of the best young defenders in football, demonstrating composure and authority you’d expect from someone 10 years older. We were excited to see how he’d develop this season - now that excitement is on hold until the next campaign.

Liverpool will need to replace him, though. Anyone who remembers the 2020/21 campaign will cringe at the idea of playing out the season with just three centre-backs.

Especially when all three of them have suffered long-term injuries before. It’s just far too risky.

And there’s another factor at play. Ibrahima Konate is out of contract next summer and will need replacing at some point if he’s not renewing.

And how about finding a potential successor to Virgil van Dijk? It’s all got to be on the cards for Liverpool.

That’ll be why their attention has turned to a top-level centre-back.

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