Liverpool's Diaz replacement already known, Barcelona and Bayern Munich keen

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Liverpool are tipped to currency successful connected Luis Diaz this summertime contempt playing a important relation successful past season’s Premier League rubric triumph.

The 28-year-old, who is contracted to the nine until 2027, but looks to beryllium engineering a determination distant from Merseyside.

Barcelona had been heavy linked with a determination for Diaz, and whitethorn instrumentality for the Colombia planetary having missed retired connected Nico Williams, though Marcus Rashford is besides a target. Bayern, meanwhile, request attacking reinforcements pursuing Leroy Sane’s exit and Jamal Musiala’s superior wounded astatine the Club World Cup.

German work BILD reports that Bayern person lodged a £44.8m bid for Diaz, nevertheless that is believed to beryllium beneath Liverpool’s valuation for the erstwhile Porto man. Indeed, it’s reported that some subordinate and nine person a ‘gentleman’s agreement’ that helium tin permission if the nine person an connection of £69.1m.

Even so, with the transportation model unfastened until aboriginal September, determination is clip for funny parties to onslaught a woody with Liverpool for Diaz, who scored 13 times and provided 5 assists successful the Premier League past season. As such, attraction turns to who whitethorn – realistically – replace Diaz astatine Anfield.

Anthony Gordon

Liverpool were heavy linked with a determination for Anthony Gordon past summer. The England international, who near rivals Everton for Newcastle successful 2023, was cardinal arsenic the Magpies secured home glory and landed a Champions League past season. Gordon has his suitors astatine Anfield and it’s casual to spot why.

The 24-year-old has the precocious enactment complaint that’ll entreaty to the powers that beryllium having averaged a humble 1.2 tackles per 90 past season, portion a commendable 1.4 dribbles per 90 suggests helium tin enactment defences connected the backfoot successful the aforesaid mode arsenic Diaz. Newcastle are adjacent to signing Anthony Elanga from Nottingham Forest and person been heavy linked with a determination for Jack Grealish, meaning that they whitethorn look to currency successful connected Gordon, who was reportedly “very keen” connected a instrumentality to Merseyside past year.

It would instrumentality a sizeable bid to person Newcastle to merchantability Gordon, however. The winger lone signed a caller semipermanent woody past twelvemonth and the Magpies supposedly worth Gordon astatine £100m. Even so, Liverpool’s involvement is understandable fixed his benignant of play, combined with his homegrown status.

Rodrygo

Having been deemed surplus to requirements by Real Madrid brag Xabi Alonso, Rodrygo is expected to depart the Spanish broadside this summer. A Premier League power has been mooted with Arsenal, who are closing connected successful the signing of Noni Madueke, and Liverpool credited with an involvement successful the Brazilian.

Crucially is that Rodrygo’s versatility is thing that volition beryllium welcomed connected Anfield. Not lone did Diaz run from the near flank past season, the Colombian led the enactment connected occasion, which would suit Rodrygo’s style. While helium is viewed arsenic a close winger who tin play up front, the Brazil international’s penchant is to usage his close foot, which would suit Liverpool nether Arne Slot.

The Dutch brag wants his wingers to chopped infield from their respective flanks to let the bombarding full-backs to agelong defences. With Jeremie Frimpong and Milos Kerkez joining from Bayer Leverkusen and Bournemouth, respectively, Slot volition look to his wingers to travel wrong to unfastened abstraction for the buccaneering brace to overlap. Expected to depart the Bernabeu, Rodrygo could beryllium a astute prime up provided the Reds tin person the guardant to place the Emirates for Anfield.

Malick Fofana

While Lyon person been spared relegation to Ligue 2, meaning they won’t beryllium readily picked isolated this summer, Malick Fofana is understandably a antheral successful demand. The Belgian, who started 16 times successful Ligue 1 past season, chipped successful with a humble 5 goals and 4 assists contempt struggling to consolidate a starting spot astatine Parc OL.

Fofana was capable to get the amended of his marker comparatively often past season, arsenic noted by an mean of 1.4 dribbles per 90, portion determination was a commendable extremity merchandise to his crippled having managed 1.4 cardinal passes per 90 successful France’s apical tier. Crucially, too, the 20-year-old averaged 1.2 tackles per 90. He’s prepared to enactment hard disconnected the shot for the bully of the team.

That said, Fofana won’t beryllium abbreviated of imaginable suitors, with a fig of sides prepared to capitalise connected Lyon’s fiscal difficulties. Arsenal, Chelsea and Bayern are among the sides keeping tabs connected Fofana according to a study from the Independent earlier this month, portion Lyon are demanding £51.5m for the winger, though that could beryllium negotiated down fixed the club’s request to sell.

Kenan Yildiz

Juventus endured a investigating campaign. While they finished fourth, securing a Champions League spot successful the process, Thiago Motta struggled successful the Old Lady hotseat. Igor Tudor did capable to person helium was worthy of the spot with a coagulated extremity to the season, but fans expect Juventus to beryllium challenging for majors honours not battling for a top-four spot.

Kenan Yildiz was a shining airy successful a sub-par play and his banal has soared contempt the Old Lady’s struggles. The Turkish youngster scored 7 times and laid connected 4 assists for Juventus past season, but it’s his quality to bushed a antheral that truly caught the eye. Indeed, lone Nico Paz (69) completed much dribbles than Yildiz (59) successful Italy’s apical tier past term, and his unpredictability is an appealing trait.

While Liverpool would beryllium reluctant to motion different guardant from Juventus – Federico Chiesa struggled successful his debut play astatine Anfield – Yildiz is wide considered 1 of the hottest prospects successful Italy. That Juventus person supposedly slapped a £84m terms tag connected the versatile guardant is testament to the religion the nine shows successful the 20-year-old.