Khephren Thuram most likely Liverpool transfer target

Liverpool are probably to go in for Good midfielder Khephren Thuram on this summer season’s switch window, in line with Neil Jones in his exclusive column for CaughtOffside.

Thuram has impressed in Ligue 1 and appears like simply the type of profile of participant the Reds have tended to go for underneath Jurgen Klopp, with Jones tipping him to be a high precedence this summer season over a few of the different names who’ve been linked.

Liverpool had a tough marketing campaign in 2022/23 and it’s clear that midfield is an space of weak point, with Jones highlighting the necessity for additional reinforcements in that division though the membership have already introduced in Alexis Mac Allister from Brighton.

The journalist believes a bodily participant within the Thuram mould is what Liverpool want most, as he performed down hyperlinks with somebody like Celta Vigo teenager Gabri Veiga, even when he acknowledged that his launch clause this summer season in all probability means there’s some stage of curiosity that might be revisited later.

“The signing of Alexis Mac Allister could also be accomplished and dusted, however midfield stays a precedence for Liverpool on this summer season’s switch market,” Jones stated.

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“Mac Allister is a major signing to strengthen Jurgen Klopp’s choices, but it surely’s by no means been a secret that the membership ideally wished two and even three new signings in that place.

“Clearly Khephren Thuram and Manu Kone have been mentioned. From my understanding, Thuram is the likeliest out of these – the profile of him, his physique, his age, and the membership he’s enjoying at, the type of cash that might be concerned – I believe he completely suits the invoice.

“It stays to be seen how keen Good are to let him go, and I believe the truth that there appears to be like like a lot of midfield gamers prone to transfer quickly on this market implies that Good would possibly simply be ready to see the how the dominos fall, and how much worth they’ll get for him.

“Nonetheless, I believe Liverpool and Thuram, even when it hasn’t moved a lot within the final seven days and a charge hasn’t but been agreed, he’s undoubtedly been recognized as somebody Liverpool need.”