Liverpool given double transfer demand as £100m deal dismissed
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Former Liverpool defender Jason McAteer believes his former club must revamp their right wing during the transfer windowFormer Liverpool defender Jason McAteer believes his old club must revitalise their right flank and should not ignore signing a new full-back.New Reds head coach Andoni Iraola has confirmed interest in recruiting a new right winger having previously admitted his squad is lacking strength in depth.Liverpool struggled at right-back last season with Conor Bradley still sidelined by the serious knee injury he suffered in January and Jeremie Frimpong hampered by muscle issues and a lack of form, leading to Dominik Szoboszlai, Curtis Jones, Wataru Endo and Joe Gomez all featuring in the position.And McAteer is adamant the Reds must dip into the market to provide further support at the back as well as recruiting another attacking option."I think the areas of concern are down Liverpool's right-hand side, having lost Trent (Alexander-Arnold) two seasons ago," he said."It vacated a big, big space which we obviously thought Conor Bradley would slot into. He's not an ideal right-back in defensive situations.
He's more of a wing-back, more of an attacking player. So he's had to fill in and we've had Szobsozlai play right-back too so it's not been great."I think that had unsettled (Mohamed) Salah as well and then Salah's obviously gone.
He showed flashes of what he can do, but the thing about the younger players in this tournament is the likes of (Ayyoub) Bouaddi and (Lamine) Yamal seemed to take the headlines and kind of took the spotlight off him a little bit, which is not a bad thing."But the fact that you're looking at maybe paying £100m for him means that you're kind of looking for him to set the world alight at that kind of price on the biggest stage, and the World Cup was his platform."It was difficult to judge him on his World Cup performances, but he's definitely a young talent that needs to be looked at."Speaking to Betarades.gr, McAteer believes France international Bradley Barcola of Paris Saint-Germain represents the better signing for Liverpool this summer."Between Diomande and Barcola I would probably go for Barcola right now," he said. I just think Barcola's performances in this World Cup have just shown more maturity than Diomande."