You’d have to think that Liverpool wouldn’t be intentionally leaving themselves short in midfield by allowing both Stefan Bajcetic and Tyler Morton to leave on loan this season.
In doing so, as Fabrizio Romano reports on X (formerly Twitter), the Merseysiders would leave themselves with limited options for the No.6 role.
Admittedly, both Wataru Endo and Alexis Mac Allister are capable of filing out when required.
🔴⚫️ Bayer Leverkusen and Liverpool are in contact over Tyler Morton deal on loan with buy clause.
Details being discussed as @_pauljoyce reported on Monday.
Bayer Leverkusen are also close to letting Kossounou leave to join Atalanta… and bring in one more defender. 👀 pic.twitter.com/3unytjW4om
— Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) August 27, 2024
🚨🔴⚪️ EXCLUSIVE: RB Salzburg in advanced talks to sign Stefan Bajčetić on loan from Liverpool.
Negotiations at final stages with details to be clarified but already underway, as Pep Lijnders wants Stefan.
Clubs in Spain also wanted him but RB Salzburg are now close. ⏳🇦🇹 pic.twitter.com/RVqFRw4LJx
— Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) August 27, 2024
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Though, both have their limitations in the role in question. A deeper role for our Argentine sensation would again see his creative attributes limited, whilst our Japanese international is not as well-suited to the stylistic changes that accompanied Arne Slot’s arrival.
Does it suggest a midfield signing is on the horizon?
We can only imagine Liverpool’s confidence in the matter – even if they feel that minutes will be limited (which we simply can’t see in a season of Champions League football plus cup competitions) – has to be inspired by the possibility of reinforcements in the window.
Giorgi Mamardashvili’s deal has been green-lighted and the goalkeeper now looks set to go out on loan for a year before returning in 2025. Federico Chiesa is one other possibility as we look to reinforce the forward line this term.
However, there remains an ongoing question over the No.6 role and whether we have sufficient depth to tackle the increased demands of the 2024/25 campaign.
If both Bajcetic and Morton head off on loan to Austria and Germany respectively, Liverpool will need a further incoming this summer.
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same old story, lots of talk about signings incoming. Speculation 10/10 – results 1/10
Enough, we need signings
TBF whenever I see Farrell’s name attached to an article I immediately take it with a huge pinch of salt. He is responsible for those hypothetical nonsense headlines that imagine a possible future but presents it as if it’s a present reality. You know the ones like “Liverpool sign two holding midfielders, how the squad COULD line up in 2024/25” except Farrell likes to leave out the second part in the headline altogether.
Defo need signings. Fsg are slow to spend but quick to sell players to make money ..
Only player I want to see leave the club( permanently is Jones,we are either selling or loaning player’s that offer much more than him ,struts about the club as if he’s world class( which he aint) championship at best😣😣😣😣