Liverpool are anticipated to make a transfer for gifted RB Salzburg midfielder Luka Sucic within the coming days, Austrian outlet Salzburger Nachrichten. The Reds are brief on choices in the course of the park and therefore want to recruit to be able to replenish the identical. Their seek for new midfielders has taken them to Austria as Sucic is been touted as a possible candidate to make the transfer to Anfield.
Furthermore, at simply 19-years-old, Liverpool really feel Sucic may very well be one for the longer term as effectively. Supervisor Jurgen Klopp is coping with too many difficulties because the second with over half-a-dozen of his gamers already within the hospital after only one recreation within the new season. The membership tends to assist their supervisor with reinforcements, however have already cleared there gained’t be any ‘panic-buys’.
Sucic has already impressed Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp
Liverpool have three of their first-team midfielders out with long run accidents as Thiago, Curtis Jones and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain lacking from motion. Whereas Jones and Oxlade-Chamberlain already missed the season opener towards Fulham, Thiago needed to be subbed off through the recreation after sustaining a knee damage.
All three of them are anticipated to be sidelined for not less than over a month, as they additional be part of Diogo Jota, Ibrahima Konate, Calvin Ramsay and Caoimhim Kelleher on the therapy desk. Klopp in consequence solely has Fabinho, Jordan Henderson, Naby Keita and James Milner to select from for his midfield.
The Reds now eye Luka Sucic so as to add to Klopp’s choices because the Croat has already impressed at Salzburg. Furthermore, the Reds have watched him in motion towards them after they performed Salzburg in a preseason pleasant final month. Salzburg acquired the higher of Liverpool as a Benjamin Sesko objective downed the Reds 1-0. Sucic began the sport and accomplished the first-half to be subbed through the second.
As evident, the 45-minute present from Sucic was sufficient for Liverpool and Jurgen Klopp to develop a late curiosity in snapping him up. He featured in 44 video games for the Austrian aspect final season, to rack up 11 targets and 5 assists. Sucic is a flexible midfielder who can function as a central, attacking in addition to left midfielder for his staff. Klopp might closely profit from Sucic’s versatility as he can use him to cowl the void left by Thiago and Jones.
Additional on, at 19-years-old Sucic already has huge first-team expertise to this point making 75 appearances for Salzburg. Liverpool’s majority of midfield, Thiago, Fabinho and Henderson are on the detrimental aspect of their 30s and inducing younger legs in Sucic on the membership would solely reap rewards for the Reds in current in addition to future.
Presently valued at £18 million [transfermarkt], Sucic would fetch a better charge than that if Liverpool are to land him this summer time. Nonetheless, Salzburg and Liverpool share a very good relationship because the Reds have typically picked plyers from the Austrian aspect.
Sadio Mane and Takumi Minamino have been the most recent to reach at Anfield from Salzburg, and Sucic might now observe within the footsteps. The Croat nonetheless has three years left on his present deal and given his progress, he’s sure to to draw curiosity from different European giants subsequent summer time. Liverpool should be fast in negotiations if they’re to signal him.
