Liverpool haven’t resolved the lingering issue at the base of their midfield as the transfer window draws to a close, and Gary Neville has named the player who the Reds should pursue before deadline day
Gary Neville has urged Liverpool chiefs to break the bank and sign Moises Caicedo for more than £100million in order to kickstart Jurgen Klopp’s second coming at Anfield.
Klopp has been busy reshaping the Reds’ midfield during the summer transfer window which closes on September 1. Attack-minded stars Alexis Mac Allister and Dominik Szoboszlai have been brought in, while Liverpool have seen five midfielders depart either on free transfers or for decent-sized fees.
While it was evident throughout the course of last season that the Reds needed a makeover in their engine room, such a drastic clear-out has left Klopp without a recognised defensive midfielder with only five days until their Premier League opener away to Chelsea. Liverpool’s top target is Southampton starlet Romeo Lavia, but after having three bids worth up to £46m rejected, Neville has called on the Reds’ owners to move for £105m-rated Caicedo, who wants to leave Brighton and has been labelled “the real deal.”
“They should just be going and getting Caicedo now for him and saying ‘right, there you go, that’s dealt with, it’s sorted, it’s £100m’,” th Maenchester United icon declared on the Overlap. “But they’re not. They’re trying to pinch someone off Southampton for 40 million quid [Lavia], who’s a good player don’t get me wrong, but Jurgen Klopp needs the real deal.
