All the talk recently is about Liverpool signing Jude Bellingham.
The Reds are in dire need of freshening up their midfield options and according to ESPN, Jurgen Klopp’s side are winning the race to get the Borussia Dortmund sensation.
However, there is another midfielder who Liverpool might be ‘dark horses’ to sign.
According to journalist Paul Brown, a shock transfer for Youri Tielemans shouldn’t be discounted.
The Belgium international, a £40 million signing by Leicester City [BBC Sport], is out of contract next summer and come January, Brendan Rodgers might have no choice but to accept a cut-price deal for him.
Here’s what Brown told Give Me Sport: “A dark horse to watch out for here his Liverpool. I would not be surprised at all if we saw Liverpool make a move for Tielemans as a free agent.”
Lord knows that there’s room for Tielemans and Bellingham at Anfield next summer and beyond and signing the Foxes midfielder would certainly not mean that the England international is suddenly off the table.
Because of Bellingham is probably going to cost a minimum of nine figures, wherever he goes, it would be economic for Klopp to engineer the transfer for a cheap midfielder too.
Liverpool don’t want to spend £200 million on only midfielders next summer and therefore bargains like Tielemans certainly make sense.
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