Why Liverpool turned down Bissouma and Tielemans this summer

Some golf equipment might solely simply be beginning their summer time enterprise, however for Liverpool it appears to be over on the incomings entrance following the arrival of Calvin Ramsay.

The Scottish teenager, who arrived from Aberdeen, joins Fabio Carvalho and Darwin Nunez as new arrivals at Melwood Coaching Centre on the primary day of pre-season as Liverpool look to problem for the Premier League title as soon as once more subsequent season.

Nonetheless, loads of the Anfield trustworthy additionally consider {that a} midfielder ought to have been on the agenda too, with some concern that the Liverpool hierarchy are completely satisfied to attend till 2023 to regenerate the center of the pitch.

The evergreen James Milner penned a brand new one yr deal on Merseyside, whereas Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain may come into the facet extra ceaselessly if he can shake his damage points.

Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain wants a run of video games with out damage to rediscover his kind (Photograph by Marcio Machado/Eurasia Sport Photos/Getty Photos)

Nonetheless, damage to Fabinho or Thiago will go away the Reds wanting very threadbare in the course of the pitch, with the hot-and-cold Naby Keita, ageing Jordan Henderson and uncooked Curtis Jones left as their solely choices.

Liverpool completely satisfied to overlook out

Now, mild has been shed on why Liverpool are completely satisfied to overlook out on ‘simple’ offers for Youri Tielemans and Yves Bissouma, each of whom have beforehand been linked with the Anfield facet and each are prone to be on the transfer at a decreased value this summer time.

Bissouma has already joined Tottenham for a price of round £25m, whereas Tielemans has been strongly linked with Arsenal for the same quantity.

✍️ We’re happy to announce the switch of Yves Bissouma.

Welcome to Spurs, Yves! ?

— Tottenham Hotspur (@SpursOfficial) June 17, 2022

Nonetheless, as per The National News, Liverpool have determined to not pursue these offers as they view the pair as ‘stopgaps’, one thing which they’re eager to keep away from.

It paves the best way for a big-money transfer subsequent summer time, the place central midfield can be their key precedence.

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Premier League desk

#	Crew	MP	D	P
1	Leeds United	0	0	0
2	Manchester Metropolis	0	0	0
3	Manchester United	0	0	0
4	West Ham United	0	0	0
5	Everton FC	0	0	0
6	Southampton FC	0	0	0
7	Chelsea FC	0	0	0
8	Arsenal FC	0	0	0
9	Newcastle United	0	0	0
10	Leicester Metropolis	0	0	0
11	Liverpool FC	0	0	0
12	Aston Villa	0	0	0
13	Tottenham Hotspur	0	0	0
14	Fulham FC	0	0	0
15	Wolverhampton Wanderers	0	0	0
16	Crystal Palace	0	0	0
17	Nottingham Forest	0	0	0
18	Brighton & Hove Albion	0	0	0
19	AFC Bournemouth	0	0	0
20	Brentford FC	0	0	0

Participant	Crew	Objectives
Salah, Mohamed	Liverpool FC	23
Son, Heung Min	Tottenham Hotspur	23
Ronaldo, Cristiano	Manchester United	18
Kane, Harry	Tottenham Hotspur	17
Mane, Sadio	Liverpool FC	16
De Bruyne, Kevin	Manchester Metropolis	15
Jota, Diogo	Liverpool FC	15
Vardy, Jamie	Leicester Metropolis	15
Zaha, Wilfried	Crystal Palace	14
Sterling, Raheem	Manchester Metropolis	13
Bowen, Jarrod	West Ham United	12
Maddison, James	Leicester Metropolis	12
Toney, Ivan	Brentford FC	12
Mount, Mason	Chelsea FC	11
Saka, Bukayo	Arsenal FC	11
Mahrez, Riyad	Manchester Metropolis	11
Richarlison	Everton FC	11
Pukki, Teemu	Norwich Metropolis	11
Raphinha	Leeds United	11
Watkins, Ollie	Aston Villa	11

Participant	Crew	Crimson Playing cards	Yellow Playing cards
Mings, Tyrone	Aston Villa	0	11
Xhaka, Granit	Arsenal FC	1	10
Tarkowski, James	Burnley FC	0	11
Firpo, Junior	Leeds United	0	11
Fernandes, Bruno	Manchester United	0	10
Gallagher, Conor	Crystal Palace	0	10
Brownhill, Josh	Burnley FC	0	10
Bednarek, Jan	Southampton FC	0	10
Bissouma, Yves	Brighton & Hove Albion	0	10
Moreno, Rodrigo	Leeds United	0	9
Neves, Ruben	Wolverhampton Wanderers	0	9
Romeu, Oriol	Southampton FC	0	9
Rudiger, Antonio	Chelsea FC	0	9
Mctominay, Scott	Manchester United	0	9
Salisu, Mohammed	Southampton FC	0	8
Ronaldo, Cristiano	Manchester United	0	8
Toney, Ivan	Brentford FC	0	8
Dennis, Emmanuel	Watford FC	0	7
Richarlison	Everton FC	0	8
Pogba, Paul	Manchester United	1	7

Participant	Crew	Assists
Salah, Mohamed	Liverpool FC	13
Alexander-Arnold, Trent	Liverpool FC	12
Barnes, Harvey	Leicester Metropolis	11
Kane, Harry	Tottenham Hotspur	10
Bowen, Jarrod	West Ham United	10
Mount, Mason	Chelsea FC	10
Robertson, Andy	Liverpool FC	10
Maddison, James	Leicester Metropolis	9
James, Reece	Chelsea FC	9
Pogba, Paul	Manchester United	9
Cancelo, Joao	Manchester Metropolis	9
De Bruyne, Kevin	Manchester Metropolis	8
Jesus, Gabriel	Manchester Metropolis	8
Kulusevski, Dejan	Tottenham Hotspur	8
Son, Heung Min	Tottenham Hotspur	7
Saka, Bukayo	Arsenal FC	7
Antonio, Michail	West Ham United	7
Lacazette, Alexandre	Arsenal FC	7
Mbeumo, Bryan	Brentford FC	7
Fernandes, Bruno	Manchester United	6