Liverpool News: Reds eyeing specific signing

Liverpool are “trying” to make a selected attacking signing within the January switch window, as Arne Slot appears for extra additions.

It has been a dismal begin to the season for the Reds, with eight defeats of their final 11 matches heaping monumental strain on Slot.

Liverpool’s summer time signings haven’t but fired, with Florian Wirtz nonetheless adjusting to the Premier League and Alexander Isak missing match observe, and the Premier League champions desperately want them to seek out prime type.

Regardless of the massive cash spent in the summertime, it appears as if contemporary faces are being checked out forward of the winter window.

In line with Sky Sports activities Germany journalist Florian Plettenberg on X, Liverpool are eyeing a winger in January, with Antoine Semenyo name-checked, and different positions are additionally being checked out:

“Liverpool are undoubtedly planning additions in January. LFC They’re in search of a winger who could make a direct influence, with Antoine #Semenyo among the many candidates. They’re additionally monitoring strikers with beneficial market circumstances, and so they have a watch on centre-backs as properly, together with Marc Guehi.”

Is a centre-back extra necessary than a winger for Liverpool?

Signing a brand new winger, specifically Semenyo, would delight many Liverpool supporters, with Bournemouth teammate Lewis Prepare dinner lavishing him with reward up to now:

“As a crew, we knew the standard he has and we noticed that final yr. He’s received to only preserve working laborious – being aggressive and being scientific. He’s received so much higher at working again and serving to out the crew too. He’s a strong lad and has all the flexibility on this planet. Hopefully he can proceed to point out that.”

Regardless of this, signing a centre-back is arguably extra necessary for Liverpool in January, given Ibrahima Konate’s poor type this season, and the truth that Giovanni Leoni is injured for the remainder of the marketing campaign.

If Marc Guehi stays the highest defensive choice and isn’t accessible till the summer time, it does make some sense to attend, however a brand new signing in that space wouldn’t go amiss.

Equally, ought to Semenyo turn into accessible in January, together with his rumoured £60m launch clause allowed to be triggered, it’s a switch Liverpool ought to guarantee they don’t miss out on.