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“It just doesn’t seem like he trusts him [Chiesa]. I know when they lost at Plymouth, Slot was furious with Chiesa.”Lewis Steele on Federico ChiesaCredit: Sebastian Frej/Getty Images 👇 Join the debate; share your insight.



Use the comment button on the bottom left to have your say Antoine Semenyo’s release clause, believed to be around the £65m mark, will become active at the start of next month.Meanwhile, Marc Guehi remains an option after the Reds had a £35m deal rejected earlier this year.Though said players are the most commonly linked names right now, other potential options are being mooted to make the switch to Anfield.Liverpool transfer target Dara Jikiemi is ‘very talented’Among them is Celtic youngster Dara Jikiemi, whom Lewis Steele has now said Liverpool have been scouting for a while.Speaking to the Anfield Index, he said: “I can’t claim to know much about him. Jikiemi is it?“Yeah, I don’t know too much about him at all, other than Liverpool have scouted him for a while.“They’ve got a good relationship with Celtic after buying Ben Doak three or four years ago and then selling him on to Bournemouth.

But from the few conversations I’ve had about him, he seems like a very talented lad.” Who is your least favourite opposition player of all-time? Use the comment button on the bottom left to have your say Who is Celtic youngster Dara JikiemiThere is not an awful lot known about the teenager, which is expected given his age.However, he is a natural centre-back and has already featured for Celtic at an U18 level despite being 15.Jikiemi has also captained Scotland at U15 level.Reports have suggested that he is now ‘heading to Liverpool’, but there has been no mention of how much compensation would be involved in a deal.