da casino： The 2018/2019 season may not be properly over yet, but the summer transfer window is well and truly underway as clubs around the world size up who they would like to sell and who they would like to buy.
da realsbet： Even the top teams, like Jurgen Klopp’s Liverpool, are completing that task as we speak. And you may not think that the record Premier League runners-up and UEFA Champions League finalists need to add much to their stellar squad, but there are at least 15 players that they should be targeting this summer.
Find out who they are as we take you through them…
Max Kruse
The 31-year-old former German international striker Max Kruse has taken the Bundesliga by storm this season with an eye-catching 10 goals and 11 assists whilst captaining Wolfsburg. And what makes him even more attractive in this summer’s transfer window is the fact that he’ll be available on a free.
It’s a no-brainer for Klopp, who needs to bolster his back-up striker ranks for if any members of his deadly front three become unavailable, to sign Kruse on a free. Although the veteran would have to get used to playing a very different role at Anfield.
Jonathan Tah
It seems like currently, the Reds possess one world-class centre-back in the form of Virgil van Dijk and a band of inferior defenders all bidding to be his partner, with none of them being able to hold down the position permanently.
The club must seek to solve that problem in the summer transfer window and they should certainly be targeting Jonathan Tah in their attempt to do that. Bayer Leverkusen’s Tah is a six-time international with Germany already at the age of 23 and surely destined for a move to a bigger club soon.
Mile Svilar
Mile Svilar burst onto the scene with Benfica in the 2017/2018 campaign, catching the eye during his gutsy performance against Manchester United in the UEFA Champions League on the night he became the youngest ever goalkeeper in the competition.
Nearly two years down the line, he’s struggling to break into the Eagles’ first team and now the Red Devils’ fierce rivals Liverpool should be looking to offer the 19-year-old a way out. They desperately need better goalkeeping back-up than Simon Mignolet.
Timo Werner
Roberto Firmino has endured his fair share of injury worries in recent times, which should remind Liverpool of the need to have a back-up option just as good as the Brazilian centre-forward.
As it seems they already have, the Reds must identify that man as Red Bull Leipzig’s Timo Werner. The 23-year-old is regarded by many to be the future of the German attack and 16 Bundesliga goals and 10 assists over the course of 2018/2019 does not contradict that claim.
Daniel Caligiuri
Daniel Caligiuri may seem like an odd name to be included on our list of 25 players Liverpool should target this summer, but he’s there for a reason.
The 31-year-old has become one of the best right-backs in the German top flight in the twilight years of his career, earning the attention of some of Europe’s top clubs. He would be the perfect understudy to the team’s current first choice, young Trent Alexander-Arnold – the Englishman doesn’t have one at present.
Julian Brandt
Along with his international teammate Werner, left winger Julian Brandt has been heavily linked with the Merseysiders in the build-up to and the early part of the summer transfer window.
Klopp should undoubtedly use this window to secure a good enough reserve option for each member of the renowned front three. The 14-assist and 24-cap 23-year-old can provide that support on the left side and perhaps be the player his fellow German thought Xherdan Shaqiri would be when he signed him last summer.
Houssem Aouar
Houssem Aouar is one of the most talked-about names in this transfer window and there seems that there isn’t a big side in Europe not vying for his signature. It would be a huge statement if Liverpool were able to make it theirs.
The transfer would make lots of sense in footballing terms too as the Reds have been lacking a Philippe Coutinho figure ever since the number ten playmaker left for Barcelona in January 2018. Aouar creates enough to fulfill that role and would take the pressure off Firmino hugely in the northwest.
Steven Bergwijn
One man high on the list of potential understudies for Firmino for this summer should be young Dutch striking sensation Steven Bergwijn.
The 21-year-old has scored or assisted an unholy amount of goals for PSV Eindhoven in all competitions this season – 28 in 41 appearances and in the process broken into the Netherlands national team. Bergwijn will take his talents to a much bigger side this summer and the Red Half of Merseyside will want to make sure it’s them.
Tanguy Ndombele
Last summer transfer window, Klopp heavily boosted his central midfield with the notable captures of Fabinho and Naby Keita to join the likes of skipper Jordan Henderson, Georginio Wijanaldum and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain.
The latter has hugely struggled in his first term at Anfield and been called a flop by the masses. The signing of Olympique Lyon’s Tanguy Ndombele, one of the most promising midfielders in Europe, would allow them to cash in on Keita and get one over the side that narrowly pipped them to the title Man City, who are also in for him.
Ryan Sessegnon
The emergence of Fulham’s Ryan Sessegnon brought the term wonderkid to England and at 18 in the wake of the Cottagers’ relegation from the Premier League, it seems like the right time for the England under-21 to make his big move.
Sessegnon has proved himself to be a very useful player indeed at the highest level and one Klopp should be targeting for his versatility. The youngster could provide cover on the left of the front three, drop back into a left wing or left midfielder or even be deployed in the left-back position in the event of an injury crisis.