Liverpool must seal Konrad Laimer transfer

Liverpool are at the moment within the midst of an harm disaster, notably within the midfield space of their squad.

The Reds are without Thiago Alcantara, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, Curtis Jones and Naby Keita, with the latter even doubtlessly dealing with the exit door within the not too distant future amid uncertainty surrounding his contract.

This has led to Jurgen Klopp explaining that the membership will look to convey a brand new midfielder in earlier than the summer season switch window ends to assist ease the burden these harm points have precipitated.

One participant that has been linked with a transfer to Anfield that might assist soothe the predicament the Merseyside membership discover themselves in is RB Leipzig’s Konrad Laimer.

In keeping with German media outlet Kicker (by way of Liverpool Echo), the Reds are taken with signing the midfielder, who might be obtainable for a price of £25m.

Whereas the membership are clearly not of a thoughts to be eliminating any of their midfielders this summer season, Laimer’s potential arrival may assist the Reds push Keita out of Anfield within the close to future.

After making 77 senior appearances for RB Salzburg wherein he scored eight objectives and supplied six assists, the Austrian joined Leipzig within the 2017 summer season switch window.

Since then, Laimer has discovered the web 11 occasions and provided 18 assists for the German membership in 164 appearances throughout all competitions.

To present additional perception into what kind of participant he’s, Adi Hutter had this to say concerning the Austria worldwide.

“He’s extremely aggressive on the ball, challenges opponents very arduous and brings established professionals to the bottom. He is aware of precisely what he needs.”

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Trying on the midfield duo’s earlier home campaigns, the Leipzig star not solely delivered 4 extra objective contributions than the Liverpool determine, however he additionally racked up a better proportion of photographs on course (43.8% vs 26.9%) in addition to extra tackles within the midfield third of the pitch (22 vs 19).

Crucially for Klopp’s well-drilled system, Laimer can also be extra profitable when hounding the opposition, making 9.71 profitable pressures per 90 final season in comparison with Keita’s 8.23. With that in thoughts, it’s hardly a shock that Julian Nagelsmann as soon as dubbed him a ‘Monsterballeroberungsmaschine‘, which in English means “a monster, ball successful machine.”

With Keita having such a considerable injury file, the membership might be eager on eliminating him quickly, with a few of his shows within the Purple of Liverpool even being branded as “awful” by editor Ollie Connolly.

If the Merseyside membership had been in a position to convey the Leipzig determine in first, this might make it a neater resolution for them to maneuver the £120k-per-week Guinea worldwide out additional down the road.