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If the whole season hadn't made it clear enough, Liverpool's performance against Real Madrid certainly emphasized the midfield problems Jürgen Klopp is facing at the moment and just what he needs to address in the summer transfer market. One of the gaping problems for aside from having sufficient options in midfield, has to do with the fact that the Reds do not have a creative presence who can conjure up chances for the club's attackers and unlock deep-lying defenses. In two consecutive games now, both against Real Madrid and Bournemouth, have done with a midfielder who is capable of making a contribution in front of goal, of the same ilk as someone like Mason Mount who could be on Liverpool's radar in the summer. READ MORE:

With 17 goals and nine assists in 39 games, the attacking midfielder certainly fits the criteria of the type of midfielder Liverpool lack at the moment.



Last season, he made 15 goals and 14 assists in 41 games for Sporting CP, and the season before that he scored 23 goals and registered five assists in 37 games.



The Reds would be smart to recruit him this summer, as Arsenal just highlighted in a rather unsubtle way.


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