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Links with many of the same players who Liverpool apparently targeted last summer.

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Of course, Liverpool never abandoned the data-driven approach installed by Edwards, so that's not totally implausible.

Links died down as the transfer window progressed, but in the early months, he and Khéphren Thuram looked to be hot favorites to end up in the Liverpool engine room.

Interestingly, neither moved anywhere in the end.

Last summer, when Liverpool was conducting a thorough midfield rebuild, the signing made a little more sense, but it's hard to see where the Frenchman could possibly fit into Slot's plans.

Slot will need to decide if he wants a specialist defensive midfielder, with Alexis Mac Allister having played there a lot for Liverpool this season.

He was extensively linked last summer as well, and Fichajes claims the Reds would be ready to part with $59m (£47m/€55m) to get him.

The text from that report seems to relate to the previous transfer window, although its date of publication is April 27

And Caught Offside suggests that the information relates to the summer, claiming that Liverpool is keen on adding him at the end of the season.

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But Liverpool will have spent a lot of time watching Europe's form side, and it would be no surprise if certain players caught the eye from a transfer perspective.

Hincapié has reestablished himself as an important figure for the side after initially playing a fringe role this season