€40m star confirms he's ready to join Liverpool | OneFootball

An exciting winger has confirmed he's ready to join Liverpool this summer.

Even with Alexander Isak potentially coming in, the Reds are still searching for another attacker. That's simply because they have lost three senior attackers this summer and have only replaced them with Hugo Ekitike so far.

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The Isak stalemate is going to go right down to the wire. But Liverpool will hope to get an attacker in before then.

The ideal profile they are looking for is someone who is versatile and relatively young. Someone who can play in multiple roles and also be moulded in any way Arne Slot wants to mould him.

Obviously, they have to be the right price as well. Liverpool expect to have spent a lot if they wrap up a deal for Isak, so there won't be that much wiggle room to splash the cash.

But there is one player who fits that profile and who has confirmed he's ready to make the step-up to Anfield.

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We're talking about Malick Fofana. It was recently confirmed that he would be available for around €40m, which makes him a relatively affordable option for Liverpool.

He fits the profile in terms of being a versatile player. While, he has predominantly played as a left-winger for Lyon, he can also play as a right-winger and is comfortable using both feet.

On top of that, Fofana has even played in a central role at youth level in Belgium, so he could essentially play across the front three.

He's only 20-years-old, which means he's one for the future. Due to his versatility it's unlikely that he would block the pathway for Rio Ngumoha but he would definitely take a load off the 17-year-old's shoulders.

The only question mark that probably remains around Fofana is whether he's ready to make the leap from Lyon to Liverpool. Well he just confirmed that on Saturday night.

Fofana netted a brilliant goal, drifting into the middle and taking out two defenders inside the penalty area with a clever feint before burying the ball into the back of the net.

From the movement to the finish this was a typical goal you'd often see Liverpool's attackers score. Fofana now has a goal and an assist after two games this season and he's pretty much confirming that he's ready to make the next move in his career and ready to join Liverpool.

If there were any doubts about his quality and his potential, it will have been over his output. But now Fofana has started to deliver on that front as well, and Liverpool should pull the trigger on the move before the window shuts close.