"As of today": Fabrizio Romano drops concerning update on what Liverpool are planning next

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It’s no secret that even with the news of Ronald Araujo joining on loan from Barcelona, Liverpool are heading into the new Premier League season quite light on defensive depth. Last season, even before Ibrahima Konate left on loan, Liverpool were not blessed with an abundance of depth in defence.

Ronald Araujo, in theory, fills the void left by Ibrahima Konate, but injury to any one of Liverpool’s centre-backs will create problems again for the Reds even if Giovanni Leoni has returned from injury and is set to be an option for them once more. “For those who were asking me, Ronald Araujo is a centre-back, will they sign also a right-back?” the Italian said.

“But as of today, Liverpool see Ronald Araujo as a centre-back, of course, but eventually also as a right-back when needed. And so I don’t expect Liverpool to add anything else in that position, at least as of now.” Liverpool will once again need to be creative with their thinking at right back after we saw Dominik Szoboszlai play 10 games there last season, but with the Reds not currently set to sign a new right back, it could be that Liverpool end up using him there.