This summer, Liverpool is reportedly interested in signing midfielders Khephren Thuram and Manu Kone. To secure both deals, Liverpool can leverage a crucial piece of information.
Due in part to the departures of James Milner, Naby Keita, and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, the Reds appear prepared to rebuild their midfield this summer.
The Brighton sensation Alexis MacAllister is already on the verge of joining Anfield whenever the transfer window opens.
The move of the Argentine to Liverpool, according to Fabrizio Romano, is ‘done’ for a sum of £45 million, a significant discount from the early estimates of the transfer’s price.
According to the German publication Bild, Liverpool has contacted Borussia Monchengladbach over Kone, who moved to the Bundesliga team from Toulouse in 2021. Between €40 and €45 million might be spent on a transaction.
Thuram, a midfielder for Nice, is also a target for them. According to Romano’s story from Tuesday, the Reds are in contact with the French pair about summer signings.
And it’s a crucial element that might enable them to sign both players.
Both Thuram and Kone have contracts at their present organizations that run out in 2025, giving them each two more years on their current agreements.
Theoretically, this summer would give Nice and Monchengladbach the best opportunity of receiving as high a fee as possible for the two midfielders. In 12 months, the players would near the period of time where they could enter pre-contract talks with other clubs, therefore driving down the fee.
Therefore, if Liverpool are able to pay the asking prices for Thuram and Kone, they should be able to secure both deals with relative ease during the upcoming window.
The Reds could be handed another boost in their chase of Kone, with kicker reporting that Nils Schmadtke is set to become the new Monchengladbach sporting director. He is the son of former goalkeeper Jorg, who has recently taken up the same role at Liverpool – and the 59-year-old has strong knowledge of German markets, having worked at Hannover, Koln and Wolfsburg as a director of sport
