Manu Kone and Khephren Thuram, a French combination, are said to be Liverpool’s top choices for the midfield position this summer.
The former, who currently plies his trade in the Bundesliga with Gladbach, is said to be considered a potential alternative to Jude Bellingham.
More to the point, it appears that the Reds’ interest is somewhat concrete if the comments from the player’s entourage are anything to go by.
“Jürgen Klopp and Liverpool see Manu Koné as a replacement for Jude Bellingham, who is going to Real Madrid instead of England,”
Liverpool have already contacted Koné’s management and expressed interest. The intentions of the Reds are “real and big,” so say the people surrounding the Frenchman.
A possible fee for the defensive midfielder should be between €40-45m, that is what Gladbach hope. Before Liverpool were interested, €30m was still under discussion. Koné’s contract with Borussia runs until June 30, 2025.”
There’s a question that must be asked of Liverpool’s recent efforts in the window to resolve an ageing midfield.
Beginning the Jurgen Klopp era with a perfect blend of technicality and physical-dense attributes, the German’s midfield engine roared them on to a series of silverware wins, not to mention countless other finals.
A gradual transition to increased technicality, highlighted most recently by the purchase of the slight nowhere man in Fabio Carvalho (and all the reports of a potential exit that followed of late) hardly paid off for a side so clearly lacking in energy and Pep Lijnders’ buzzword of ‘intensity’
Manu Kone would be a step in the right direction to getting the Liverpool midfield back to its previous, dominant heights, albeit being somewhat unreliable.
