Exclusive: Liverpool tracking 'brilliant' Argentine right-back who has exploded onto the scene this month
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Exclusive with Graeme Bailey.Liverpool have been wowed by the performances of Argentine right-back Dylan Tomas Gorosito at the U20 World Cup in Chile, Rousing The Kop understands.Reds scouts have travelled to South America to watch the youth tournament, which is entering its final days.As RTK have exclusively revealed previously, Japan’s Rion Ichihara caught the eye of Liverpool scouts, but the centre-back was far from the only talent to emerge with credit in the bank.Join our newsletter for news & smart analysis. Argentina have been the tournament’s standout team, and will compete against Morocco in Monday’s final.Gorosito has shot into the spotlight as a key player for the Albiceleste, and RTK have been told that scouts from across Europe are talking about the 19-year-old in glowing terms.Liverpool are understood to be one of the teams to have been impressed by Gorosito, and the Reds will continue to track the youngster once the tournament ends.
Photo by Cristian Soto Quiróz/Eurasia Sport Images/Getty ImagesLiverpool will continue to track Dylan GorositoGorosito is not understood to have been a focus of many talent-spotters before the tournament began.However, his displays on the right of the Argentine defence have put him on the radar of some of Europe’s top clubs.READ MORE: Liverpool still keen on ‘huge talent’ Neiser Villarreal after transfer agreement struck – EXCLUSIVESpeaking exclusively to RTK, transfer expert Graeme Bailey says that although Liverpool will not look to do a deal for Gorosito any time soon, they will be keeping an eye on his development with Boca Juniors.“He’s a player who is standing out massively, he’s had a brilliant tournament.” says the journalist. “There’s a whole host of teams looking at him, Liverpool being one of them.”“He’s one who wasn’t especially on a lot of teams’ radars pre-tournament because he hadn’t played a lot of football for Boca Juniors, but he’s really stood out.“A lot of teams are curious about him because they haven’t seen a lot of him, unlike an Ian Subiabre or Neiser Villarreal who we know teams like but they’ve seen him before.
“Liverpool are one of the teams who quite like what they’ve seen, but we’re talking more of a future project. It’s one to put on the system and keep tracking.”Who is Dylan Gorosito?