It’s all gone a bit quiet on the Joao Gomes entrance since Ben Jacobs weighed in on Liverpool’s ongoing curiosity again in July.
The Reds ‘like’ the Wolves midfielder however the membership is underneath no obligation to promote, was the phrase from the CaughtOffside columnist on Playback.
Issues have considerably cooled down on that entrance, and now rivals Manchester United seem to have stepped into the void amid their ongoing seek for a brand new No.6.
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The Brazilian midfielder was signed from Flamengo solely a 12 months in the past.
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Manchester United are fascinated about Gomes
Steve Kay of Soccer Transfers now experiences that the ‘unbelievable’ (as beforehand described by supervisor Gary O’Neill, through the Categorical and Star) 23-year-old is attracting critical curiosity from Manchester United.
This follows the membership’s choice to desert talks with PSG over the potential signing of Manuel Ugarte this summer season. Erik ten Hag’s facet is known to have been delay by the Ligue 1 membership’s excessive valuation (€60m [£51.4m] asking value).
The Wolves star may probably be introduced in as a substitute for considered one of Casemiro or Scott McTominay, ought to both depart within the window.
Might Liverpool persist with their present choices?
There’s each risk that we may see Arne Slot hold the religion in a lot of his pre-existing squad.
The Dutch head coach was fast, as an illustration, to reward Ryan Gravenberch’s efficiency because the deepest six in Liverpool’s 3-0 win over the Crimson Devils on the weekend.
“I feel Ryan (Gravenberch) did very well in that place (towards Manchester United in South Carolina) and we now have different choices as nicely,” the 45-year-old mentioned.
“The easiest way to evaluate it’s when we now have all of the gamers again and we nonetheless haven’t, however a membership like Liverpool all the time retains its eye open to see what’s obtainable, gamers who can strengthen the squad and that’s what we — Richard largely — however me as nicely want to do.”
If we do preserve a critical curiosity in Gomes, after all, there’s each risk we may see the membership sparked into motion earlier than dropping one other potential goal to our league rivals.
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