Liverpool has only spent more than the $35 million (£26 million) that has been splashed out on Giovanni Leoni a total of 23 times in its history.

"Very few in Italy have truly grasped how big a talent Leoni is or how much his potential is because of his quick rise in some months," Kaustubh Pandey told Liverpool.com.

"He has a very high ceiling.



That is so evident from how well he did under pressure at Parma last season under Cristian Chivu when they were under the threat of relegation.

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"They relied so much on their backline to get key points, and Leoni was massive — both physically and performance-wise."

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"He reads the game well and has shown enough pace to operate in a higher line.

"There is still some work that needs to be done from a pure ball-playing perspective, but he has a very decent technical foundation.

"If he had spent another season at Parma, that price would've gone to well over €30 million.

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