A pair of Liverpool midfielders signed for roughly £88m will leave Anfield for good this summer, and a trusted source has tipped the Reds to make a major double splash to fill the void. The engine room is expected to deliver great change on Merseyside this summer.
Fabrizio Romano recently suggested Naby Keita and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain are not in line for last-gasp contract extensions. The pair – signed for £52.75m and £35m respectively – are out of contract at season’s end. Now, the Athletic’s Liverpool expert, James Pearce, has the pair will indeed leave Liverpool this summer.
The Athletic’s piece did not run the rule over the Reds’ transfer targets, though plenty of midfielders have been named by other outlets.
Chelsea’s Mason Mount is a known Reds target and the Telegraph recently reported