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The Italian centre-back is only 18 years old, but he regularly featured for Serie A side Parma last season, which means that he already has plenty of experience under his belt, with bags of potential also on his side.

However, the fact that he’s still just 18 means that, if the Reds acquired his services this summer, as long as he stays with Liverpool and trains with the club for the next three years, they’d be able to register him as homegrown at the club.

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And, while the Reds already have their fair share of homegrown players, there are now hardly any who have been homegrown at the club, thanks to the exits of players such as Jarell Quansah and Trent Alexander-Arnold.

The main reason why this is important is that when registering their team for the Champions League, four of the players in the squad need to be homegrown at the club in order for Slot to have a full 25-man squad.

Hence why, if Leoni stays at Anfield and trains with the club for the next three years, he’d become homegrown at the club.

But the fact that Parma’s manager has already described Leoni as a “great” player means that the Reds are on the cusp of signing a gem.