Liverpool ready €90m offer for Spanish midfield POWERHOUSE | OneFootball

Liverpool made £450m worth of new signings over the summer but declined to upgrade their midfield.

It means the load remains high on the Reds’ Premier League title-winning midfield contingent. Ryan Gravenberch, Alexis Mac Allister, Dominik Szoboszlai, Curtis Jones and Wataru Endo worked wonders for Arne Slot’s side during the 2024/25 campaign.

And the strain is beginning to tell.

Gravenberch, Mac Allister, Jones and Endo have all suffered some injury troubles this season - while Szoboszlai has been used as a problem solver all over the pitch.

Liverpool eyeing up midfield reinforcements

It’s clear that Gravenberch and Mac Allister in particular haven’t been at their best this term - leading to speculation that a new midfield could arrive in either January or next summer.

One of the names reportedly on the list now is Pablo Barrios. The 22-year-old is an Atletico Madrid homegrown talent - signing his first professional deal with Diego Simeone’s side back in 2023.

The Spanish Olympic gold medallist is contracted to the capital side until 2030 and it would reportedly take a bid of €90m to €100m for Atletico to consider doing business.

Liverpool want deal for Pablo Barrios

That’s according to an item in Caught Offside - which claims Liverpool are ready to match Chelsea’s interest in the four-cap Spaniard.

Barrios is renowned as a typical, hard-working Atletico midfielder but is also an outstanding ball-carrier from deep and penetrative passer.

He is comfortable either side of the halfway line and could easily step into either Gravenberch or Mac Allister’s role.

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