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Liverpool are reportedly tussling with rivals Manchester Metropolis for the signing of an “wonderful” Premier League participant who may begin at subsequent summer time’s World Cup.
The Reds have struggled defensively all season alongside, with new signings Jeremie Frimpong and Milos Kerkez struggling to make quick begins to their Anfield careers.
Ibrahima Konate has additionally been effectively in need of his greatest, whereas Alisson’s damage hasn’t helped issues, and even Virgil van Dijk hasn’t been good.
Liverpool missed out on signing Crystal Palace and England star Marc Guehi, and it appears as if they could transfer for a participant who he is aware of effectively.
In line with Caught Offside, the Premier League champions are “monitoring” Aston Villa centre-back Ezri Konsa, with Metropolis and Tottenham additionally talked about within the report.
It’s claimed that the 28-year-old “has re-emerged as a extra achievable goal” to Guehi for Liverpool, with Chelsea, West Ham, Newcastle United, and Crystal Palace all exhibiting an curiosity, too.
Is Konsa pretty much as good an possibility as Guehi for Liverpool?
Konsa has matured into such a constant participant for Villa, and if John Stones isn’t match for the 2026 World Cup, there’s each likelihood that he’ll begin alongside Guehi for the Three Lions.
He was an influential determine within the Villans’ 1-0 win at residence to Metropolis within the Premier League final weekend, getting the second-highest ranking from WhoScored, and Troy Deeney heaped reward on his efficiency:
“For my part he was man of the match, I assumed he was wonderful. Stable, some actually good performs. Within the first half, he places his leg again when Erling Haaland could be via on objective. Within the second half, if he doesn’t make the contact, Haaland is once more via. Wonderful defending, wonderful in being a normal. I assumed he was implausible.”
Konsa is three years older than Guehi, nevertheless, and signing a 28-year-old isn’t nice by way of potential sell-on worth, so Liverpool ought to nonetheless be wanting on the Palace ace as the popular possibility out of the 2.
That’s to not say that the Villa defender couldn’t be a robust addition, nevertheless, and bringing in each him and Guehi may even work if Konate strikes on subsequent summer time.
