The fate of reported Liverpool target Leny Yoro has captivated national outlets and beyond throughout the course of the summer’s international tournaments.
Real Madrid, it seemed, were the clear favourites for the Frenchman’s signature following an impressive campaign in Ligue 1.
However, Fabrizio Romano now reports that the pathway to the Spanish top-flight is not quite perfectly laid. An update on X (formerly Twitter) establishes that Manchester United could be a potential destination for the 18-year-old. Lille president, Olivier Letang, is understood to be ‘pushing’ for the prodigy to move to Manchester, whilst talks with PSG have ‘gone cold’.
🚨 Leny Yoro’s future depends again on player’s decision.
Lille president, pushing for Yoro to join Man United after official bid accepted for €50m plus add-ons last week.
Yoro’s preference remains Real Madrid, it’s only up to the player.
Talks with PSG, currently gone cold. pic.twitter.com/evjrN9CmXF
— Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) July 15, 2024
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Meanwhile, where Liverpool stand amongst the crowd – if they stand in wait at all that is – remains clouded in mystery.
Are Liverpool still interested in Leny Yoro?
Reports concur that we do remain keen on the Ligue 1 star (Liverpool.com). That said, it remains to be seen whether the internal pressure being applied on Yoro within Lille will win out.
If there is any risk of such an outcome emerging in Manchester United’s favour – with only a meagre £42m [$54.4m] on the table – you’d like to think Richard Hughes and Co. would have pressed the panic button by now.
There is, of course, the important reality of Arne Slot’s arrival to consider. The Dutchman will be keen to evaluate his new crop of defensive talents with his own eyes. To that end, it’s worth pointing out that Virgil van Dijk, Ibrahima Konate and Joe Gomez, of our centre-back contingent, have yet to make an appearance in pre-season training.
For now, Yoro’s future remains in limbo – helped, no doubt, by his keen desire to switch to the Spanish capital this summer. It just might end up doing Liverpool a favour if the Frenchman can resist the pressure to join our arch rivals.
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What to hell the Liverpool recruiting team are doing…,why are they so quiet ,not even active on this window level, yet other team are busy beefing there teams…
True it sucks
We always behind in doing our things ,why
Beyond belief that we have done nothing, wasn’t excited when lfc announced the arrival of Richard Hughes, wouldn’t have been my first choice of sporting director, given where he came from..
I 100% agree. This is going to be a bad season by Pool. The squad is not good enough.
We are in trouble Bro, AGAIN,get Henderson back (couching) Same with VVD when he’s ready, we need a continuing heartbeat within the club that remains no matter what the change, manager/couch/players/owners, the Liverpool way has always been a winning way so why ever change that, of course we evolve with someone like JK, but when you take it ALL away in one go and no one there knows the new ethos, you end up where we are now, uncertainty, in times gone by you could look at our bench and see the current and the next 2 managers in line, it was The Liverpool way and it worked.
Can’t understand why QUALITY is not inducted into the LFC team? Quality players will be taken by our rivals. Meaning LFC won’t finish for CL next season.