The Reds acted swiftly this summer by doing a deal for the Argentina World Cup winner Alexis Mac Allister, with Hungary’s Dominik Szoboszlai following, so who’s next in at Anfield
No-one said that remodelling Liverpool’s midfield this summer was going to be easy, but pretty much everyone said that it had to be done.
After the trials and tribulations of last season, Reds fans went into this summer knowing that new faces had to be added if lofty ambitions could still be successfully chased
Liverpool clearly ran out of steam in 2022-23, and if a trek back up to the top of the game is going to be successful then it is going to be built on fresh legs in the middle of the park.
Alexis Mac Allister’s arrival early in the summer went some way towards easing the concerns of a fanbase wanting new arrivals, but then worries did creep in as no more business was done for another three weeks
Enter Dominik Szoboszlai as the summer’s second new signing, with attention already turning to who the third midfield addition could be.
Both Mac Allister and Szoboszlai offer great attacking intent from the middle of the park, meaning that it is almost universally agreed that the next Liverpool midfield signing will be a more defensively minded player.
One of the most frequent names linked with the Reds at the beginning of the summer was Borussia Moenchengladbach’s Kone, with the Frenchman’s combative nature and ability to win the ball ensuring that he ranked highly with Liverpool’s scouts.
At 22, Kone is the right age profile for Liverpool and would fit in nicely as a potential backup and occasional partner for Fabinho, who did struggle for much of last season.
However, a knee injury in this summer’s European Under-21 Championships suddenly saw much of the talk around him fade away, and with a mid-August date suggested for a return, Kone is finding himself being surpassed by other, currently available targets.
