GOAL journalist Neil Jones has said that Liverpool could end up signing Gavi on a free transfer in the summer.
Just recently, the Spanish international admitted that he has no intention of leaving Barcelona.
But an explanation behind how Liverpool could pull off a move for Gavi and that too on a free has surfaced, which should excite Reds across the world.
Journalist explains how Liverpool could sign Gavi on a free transfer
Jurgen Klopp is in desperate need of a midfield rebuild if he has any chance of ensuring that his cycle at the club does not end with a whimper.
While one would assume that one of Europe’s most talented young midfielders in Gavi would have zero chance of signing for Liverpool, who may not even secure Champions League football, they could now do so and for free as per Neil Jones.
“So, what it is, is that he’s a homegrown player on a youth contract but they have to put him on a first-team contract. Weirdly, when you register a player like this from your academy, it counts as a new signing and Barcelona are in this position with the financial rules and selling off assets. It was initially ratified, but the league have appealed against that and have won the case”, he told Redmen TV.
He went on to elaborate on how Gavi would become a Liverpool player and that too on a free transfer, saying, “At the moment, Barça stand to lose Gavi on a free. His youth contract expires in the summer, they can’t give him another youth contract because he’s 18 and they can’t give him a first-team contract either.”
“It’s a very exciting story for Liverpool. I know Manchester City have also been linked and that terrifies me, but a very exciting thing. Liverpool were linked last summer and you thought ‘I don’t think there’s any chance.’ But you look now, it’s March and you can get a potentially world-class player for very little and what an opportunity that’s going to be.”
“We know that with Barcelona and Real Madrid, clubs like that, there’s a lot of red tape and tricks that get pulled off where they get out of this situation, but we saw it with [Lionel] Messi where they didn’t.”
“I would be delighted if Liverpool were able to cash in and take advantage of this situation, it would be a real gamechanger for the club.”
Imagine the prospect of an all-Spanish midfield of Thiago Alcantara, Gavi and Stefan Bajcetic at Liverpool, where the new signing with a reported £875.6 release clause as per Eurosport signs on a free transfer; the stuff of dreams.
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