Liverpool are reportedly being persistent of their pursuit of Levi Colwill, though Chelsea are up to now refusing to budge on their stance on the defender.
As reported by football.london on Wednesday night, the Reds are very within the 20-year-old and have made a number of enquiries about his availability, with a few of these occurring ‘in the previous few days’.
Jurgen Klopp is known to be a large admirer of the centre-back, with the Anfield recruitment workforce having watched him firsthand on quite a few events throughout his mortgage spell at Brighton final season.
Nonetheless, Chelsea are unlikely to ‘give Liverpool any encouragement’ of their hopes of signing Colwill, with their new supervisor Mauricio Pochettino thought to have the England under-21 gem firmly in his plans for the upcoming marketing campaign.
The Blues see him as a participant who may very well be an integral presence at Stamford Bridge for the subsequent decade and are decided to achieve an settlement on a possible contract extension, with the adamant message to potential suitors that he’s not on the market.
With Chelsea having already turned down two bids from Brighton for Colwill, together with one price £40m (football.london), it’s clear that it’ll take one thing extraordinary for the west Londoners to half with their participant.
Among the many 6 foot 2 defender’s standout traits is his skill within the air, rating among the many prime 5% of positional friends in Europe’s 5 essential leagues for aerial duels gained per 90 over the previous 12 months with 3.32 per sport (FBref).
He’s additionally adept at getting the ball into attacking areas, with 5.16 progressive passes per match putting him within the 92nd percentile for centre-backs in Europe over the past 12 months (FBref).
Except for these traits, Colwill would additionally tick two crucial bins for Liverpool when it comes to being English and a left-footed central defender.
The Reds are nearly at capability when it comes to their non-homegrown quota for his or her Premier League squad (Michael Reid on Twitter), whereas every of their present choices within the 20-year-old’s place are primarily right-footed (Transfermarkt).
With Fabrizio Romano claiming in current days that the Merseysiders are on the lookout for a left-footed defender as a ‘precedence’ this summer season, count on them to maintain testing Chelsea’s resolve for the England under-21 gem, even when the Blues aren’t budging for now.
