Fabrizio Romano confirms Liverpool talks for sensational midfielder | OneFootball

Fabrizio Romano has confirmed Liverpool are in talks for an exciting midfielder.

Okay, let's admit it, this summer is not off to as exciting of a window as last summer. By now Liverpool had Jeremie Frimpong wrapped up and were closing in on the transfers of Milos Kerkez, Florian Wirtz and Hugo Ekitike.

This time around, it's just Victor Munoz who has signed for the Reds, and on top of that so many players have left.

But a lot of that is down to the World Cup. The market is expected to be a lot slower during a major international tournament. This is an opportunity of a lifetime for a lot of these players, World Cups only come around once every four years and so it's understandable if a lot of players just want to concentrate on the tournament.

Selling clubs will also be far more eager to keep hold of their assets until the tournament ends, when their prices will hopefully have inflated.

So, right now feels like the calm before the storm, and for Liverpool it's likely going to be a huge storm when the window does really get going.

There just simply way too much to do.

Richard Hughes' itinerary includes replacing Mo Salah, signing a centre-back, right-back and potentially more midfielders. At the same time, he may also need to replace Cody Gakpo.

The midfield department is the most interesting one.

Liverpool on paper don't look like a team in dire need of midfield reinforcements. However, that's before you take into account the fact that Curtis Jones is clearly angling to move. Alexis Mac Allister is also open to an adventure elsewhere. Who knows what the future holds for Wataru Endo.

And on top of that, let's be honest Liverpool do need a holding midfielder. The Reds still haven't replaced Fabinho since he left the club.

There's a lack of proper true no.6s in the market. A lot of teams don't really play with a sitting midfielder anymore. The game has become a lot more dynamic and fluid and it means a player like Fabinho needs to do a lot more.

So, who could Liverpool actually target?

There's been so many names being floated about. The English market seems crazy with huge prices being demanded for Elliot Anderson and Adam Wharton.

That could force Hughes to conduct his search elsewhere.

And this elsewhere could be in Ligue 1. Liverpool have been linked with a number of midfielders in France's top flight. Lamine Camara and Mamadou Sangare are both on the club's shortlist.

But they are not alone.

Fabrizio Romano has confirmed that Liverpool are also holding talks and meetings for another exciting African midfielder.

Speaking on Born and Red's YouTube channel, Romano confirmed that Liverpool are in talks to sign Ayyoub Bouaddi and have held two meetings in order to lure the Moroccan international to Anfield.

“Liverpool had 2 meetings and more clubs involved in that [PSG and Arsenal], so could be an opportunity to go for him," Romano said.

"It depends on price, it depends on what Lille want to do but Liverpool have been scouting the player for a long time, it has been almost 1 year monitoring the player closely. Let’s see if they enter this one. I think it could be interesting, not just for Liverpool but for other clubs.”

Bouaddi is still only a teenager but he has so much experience so he would be an ideal fit. He's someone who would flourish under Andoni Iraola.