It seems that the goalkeeping place isn’t the one one the place Liverpool are indulging in a bout of succession planning.
Giorgi Mamardashvili is being sought because the long-term successor to Alisson Becker, and the Anfield hierarchy appear to have their eyes educated on the longer term in the case of one other long-serving Reds stalwart.
Based on Soccer Insider, membership chiefs wish to signal a brand new left-back who can ultimately succeed Andy Robertson, albeit not as a matter of fast precedence.
It’s claimed that Adrien Truffert of Rennes is one participant in thoughts who might take over the place that the Scot has held down on a near-constant foundation since his 2017 arrival.
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If Liverpool are trying elsewhere for long-term successors to Robertson, it means that Kostas Tsimikas is in the identical boat as Caoimhin Kelleher when it comes to not being thought to be a contender to carry down a set beginning berth at Anfield.
What, then, of Truffert’s credentials to take over the left-back position from the Scotland captain in future years? The 22-year-old scored twice and offered seven assists in 43 video games for Rennes final season (Transfermarkt), so his capabilities as an attacking outlet from the flank are evident.
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In comparison with positional friends throughout Europe’s 5 principal leagues prior to now 12 months (FBref), he ranks extremely for profitable take-ons, touches within the opposition penalty space, photographs and non-penalty objectives per 90 minutes, however falls down when it comes to defensive fundamentals equivalent to tackles, interceptions and clearances.
He’s been described as somebody who’d be a superb match for a possession-based workforce (Get Soccer Information France, by way of Liverpool Echo), which on the early proof of Arne Slot’s Anfield reign would counsel that he may be best for the present Reds facet.
Robertson remains to be solely 30 and may nonetheless have at the very least a few years left in him the place he’s performing to a prime degree, so LFC ought to be capable to take their time with Truffert (or various left-back candidates) and perform loads of due diligence earlier than reaching the juncture the place a choice must be made.
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