Liverpool fans draw up nine-man shortlist for Andoni Iraola to sign in central midfield
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Who should be Liverpool’s designated penalty-taker this season? Plenty of fans seem to think Alexander Isak should have stepped up against Newcastle… Photo Credit: Getty Images/Alfie Cosgrove/News Images/NurPhoto/Robbie Jay Barratt/AMA Lamine Camara leads Liverpool fans’ shortlistWhile links to midfielders have been scarce this summer, one name who has been popping up occasionally is Monaco’s Lamine Camara.Camara could leave Monaco over the next week, and his was the name RTK put to supporters after Sunday’s game.
When asked if the Senegal international is the right man to fix Liverpool’s midfield, many felt that he absolutely is.“He really is,” one fan agreed. He’s actually good at winning the ball back and setting off a counter.
Camara reads the game well also.”READ MORE: Mark Clattenburg says whether Liverpool’s late penalty vs Newcastle should have been overturned by VAROthers were less convinced, and put forward alternative players, with Roma’s Manu Kone – also rumoured to be available this summer – one of the top suggestions.“Manu Kone £30m, zero risk,” said one supporter. “Manu Kone is the answer,” someone else suggested.Meanwhile, long-term rumoured target Angelo Stiller received some love, with the German still looking for a move from Stuttgart.“Stiller is not that costly Liverpool what are we doing,” one fan commented, with another claiming he is ‘the only defensive midfielder that can protect the defence’.Eduardo Camavinga is another who could potentially be available in the final week of the window, depending on how he sees his future at Real Madrid, and the Frenchman’s name was put forward by several Liverpool fans here.Photo by Jan Kruger/Getty ImagesMeanwhile, Adam Wharton is a player who has been heavily linked for a long while now, with one supporter optimistically suggesting that the Crystal Palace man and Bayern Munich’s Aleksandr Pavlovic should be ahead of Camara in Liverpool’s thinking.“If not for Pavlovic or Wharton, this [Camara] is our man,” they said.Other more left wing shouts came for Bodo Glimt’s Patrick Berg, who did have a very good World Cup with Norway, and Manchester City’s Nico Gonzalez, who is seemingly on the way to Newcastle.Finally, Stiller’s Stuttgart teammate Chema Andres is also suggested as someone who could very much fit the bill.While there are plenty of players out there who could help Liverpool, and fans would realistically be happy to see any of these join in the next eight days, it does not look especially likely to happen as things stand.