Chelsea are in a key position to land two of Liverpool’s top midfield targets Jurgen Klopp has admitted the transfer market is ‘crazy’ if he targets Chelsea in the ongoing battle to sign Moises Caicedo.
The Liverpool boss confirmed on Friday that the club had agreed with Brighton to sign Caicedo for £111m, but Chelsea have yet to give up their main target and now appear to be leading. start the race again.
The Blues are also set to sign Romeo Lavia, a player Liverpool had offered three times earlier this summer but was knocked out by Southampton each time.
While much of the attention in recent days has been on the battle for the midfielders’ signatures between Chelsea and Liverpool, the focus turned to on-field issues on Sunday as the game ended at 1. -1 between the two teams on the opening weekend of the Premier League season. . .
Speaking after the game, Mauricio Pochettino made it clear he wanted fresh additions to his squad before the end of the transfer window, a request that shouldn’t come as a surprise to Klopp.
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Chelsea dominate midfield battle to leave Liverpool with question Moises Caicedo
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Chelsea are about to sign Romeo Lavia to deal a blow to Liverpool as Moises Caicedo saga continues
Chelsea are about to sign Romeo Lavia to deal a blow to Liverpool as Moises Caicedo saga continues
“That’s what every Chelsea manager wants and they usually get it,” replied the German.
It remains to be seen whether Liverpool can salvage a deal for Caicedo, but their performances at Stamford Bridge made it clear that a starting midfielder is definitely needed following the departure of Fabinho, Jordan Henderson and James Milner in the summer.
Alexis Mac Allister started the deepest of the three central defenders in the match against Chelsea, Thiago and Stefan Bajcetic were not available because they were in the process of recovering from injuries.
Klopp said he had “no news” when asked for an update on the club’s pursuit of Caicedo and Lavia, but insisted the club still wanted to strengthen.
The Liverpool boss said:
“These particular players, you can see right now, the market is clearly crazy. It’s no secret that we’re looking for something like this.
