Liverpool are confident of eventually selling Ben Davies for a healthy profit, according to The Athletic.
What’s the story?
It has been reported by The Athletic this morning that Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp saw the 26-year-old defender as a risk-free signing when the Reds brought him from Preston North End in the January transfer window.
Liverpool needed to sign defenders at the time due to injury problems at the back.
According to The Athletic, the Reds paid Preston an initial transfer fee of £500,000 for Davies, who can also play as a left-back.
The Englishman has now been loaned out to Sheffield United in the Championship.
Liverpool sporting director Michael Edwards did not agree to an option for the Blades making the loan deal permanent next summer.
That’s because, according to the report, Liverpool are confident that Davies will ‘end up being sold for a figure that far exceeds his purchase value’.
Why are Liverpool so confident?
Well, that’s because ‘Davies is a left-footed central defender and there are very few of those around’.
Davies is a rare player – according to Liverpool anyway.
Good business for Liverpool
The Athletic have reported that United are paying Liverpool £500,000 as loan fee for Davies.
The Blades are also paying the defender’s wages in full.
Now, if Davies does well during his loan spell at the Yorkshire club and helps them win promotion to the Premier League, then his value will rise.
Liverpool could then sell the defender for a hefty profit.
It is a very shrewd piece of business indeed from the former Premier League champions.
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