Liverpool want to sign £30m player who Arne Slot once invited to his house - report

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Liverpool head coach Arne Slot is keen on signing Napoli defender Sam Beukama this summer, having once tried to bring him to Feyenoord. The report says that the Dutch centre-back is “firmly on their radar ahead of the summer window” and he is “highly regarded” by Slot, whose “interest in the player dates back several years.” Could Sam Beukama be a shrewd signing by Liverpool?

As stated, Slot has rated Beukama for some time, with the player himself once discussing how he was invited to the Liverpool boss’s house, as he looked to sign him for Feyenoord: “I’ve been a Feyenoord fan since I was a kid. I was like ‘is this real?’ “He had some real eye openers in terms of his philosophy on football, tactics and also me as a player.

He showed me clips of how I was playing at my club Go Ahead Eagles. I was of course convinced.” The fact that Slot knows Beukama well as a player can only be a good thing, should Liverpool make a move this summer, but he should be seen as a strong squad option rather than a definite starter.