Liverpool should target Alban Lafont as their next goalkeeper.
Liverpool’s need for a new goalkeeper was laid bare in the Champions League final as Lloris Karius made two howlers.
The Reds are yet to sign a replacement, with transfer targets Alisson and Jan Oblak requiring a world record fee for a goalkeeper.
A more sensibly priced solution is required, and the Reds should focus on Toulouse goalkeeper Alban Lafont.
Lafont, 19, is already starring for Toulouse’s first team and is a France under-20 international.
He is tipped as a successor to long-serving France number one Hugo Lloris, now 31.
Lafont is currently being targeted by both Fiorentina and Barcelona, according to Spanish newspaper Mundo Deportivo.
The Guardian reported earlier this summer that he was being eyed by Crystal Palace before they signed Vicente Guaita.
Lafont made his first team debut for Toulouse at just 16, and has been described by ESPN as France’s answer to Gianluigi Donnarumma.
With clubs eyeing him up for a transfer, this is Liverpool’s window to move, otherwise if they decide they want him in the future, they face far more expensive and difficult negotiations.
Reds fans may rightly wonder whether the 19-year-old is ready to handle the pressure at Anfield, but everything in Lafont’s career so far suggests he is not daunted by the challenges put in front of him.
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