Liverpool seem intent on strengthening the left-back positions before the upcoming season, if reports are to be believed. More importantly, it seems that the club are not after just one left-back. Only a few days ago, Liverpool appeared to have won the race for Fulham teenager Ryan Sessegnon. The 16-year-old could be on his way to Anfield in the summer.
However, it has not prevented the club from looking at more options. Schalke defender Sead Kolasinac and Atletico Madrid left-back Theo Hernandez have emerged as two more targets for the club and according to the reports from Bild and AS respectively, the Reds have made a bid for both the players.
Joel Matip has been a reasonably good signing for the club, and Jurgen Klopp used his contacts in Germany to secure the player on a free transfer. It appears that he is keen on doing a similar job with regard to Schalke’s Kolasinac.
The 23-year-old is available on a free transfer in the summer as his contract is about to expire. With with very little possibility of the player extending his deal with the German outfit, Liverpool are looking to take advantage of the situation. He has been at Schalke since joining the club as a youth team player from Stuttgart in 2011.
The player has been keen on linking up with the major European clubs for quite a while, but Schalke have been refusing to let him leave unless they were compensated rather well. However, this has worked to the disadvantage of the club as the player is about to leave on a free transfer.
Sead Kolasinac is a player capable of jumping straight into the first-team unlike Ryan Sessegnon, who may need a year or two in the Premier League in order to start performing on a regular basis. Kolasinac has been a regular for the club by making 19 starts in the Bundesliga this season. He scored his third goal of the season in the 1-0 win over Mainz during the weekend.
Theo Hernandez is a defender who is contracted with Atletico Madrid. However, he plays on loan at Deportivo Alaves, who have one of the best defensive records in the La Liga among the so-called weaker teams. While this is a major advantage in favour of the 19-year-old, Liverpool are aware that they need to stump up a huge transfer fee in order to convince Atletico Madrid to sell the young starlet. Hernandez is rated very highly by Atletico and they could easily demand a hefty fee since the player is contracted with the club until the summer of 2021.
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