Transfer insider backs Liverpool for potential 2027 swoop for ‘exceptional’ £100m record breaker
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Liverpool have been backed to potentially enter the transfer race for one of the most highly-rated young defenders in Europe.With Virgil van Dijk now 35 and into the final year of his contract, Anfield chiefs have been busy future-proofing the centre of defence with the signings of Jeremy Jacquet (21) and Giovanni Leoni (19) in the past 18 months.The Reds also have the likes of Mor Talla Ndiaye and Ifeanyi Ndukwe in the queue to potentially break into the first team in the foreseeable future, and it appears that they have their sights set on another teenage centre-back.Liverpool backed for potential Luka Vuskovic swoopSpeaking on the latest episode of Football Insider‘s Transfer Insider podcast, Pete O’Rourke has backed Liverpool to potentially look at trying to sign Luka Vuskovic in the coming months.The transfer correspondent said of the Brighton defender: “He looks like a special talent – there’s no getting away from that. “There’s been talk of Real Madrid also being interested in Vuskovic, and I’m sure Liverpool are as well.
Liverpool had reportedly discussed the possibility of moving for Vuskovic earlier this year while he was on loan at Hamburg from Spurs, although his price tag is sure to have skyrocketed since then. As seen below with data from Fotmob, the Croatian is among the top centre-backs in the Premier League so far this term for a variety of metrics including his ball distribution and his dominance in duels.
2026/27 Premier League Per 90 minutes Percentile among positional peers Duels won 6.99 87th (top 13%) Aerial duels won 4.51 90th Aerial duel success 68.9% 70th Passes completed 60.29 74th Passing success 89.8% 73rd Accurate long balls 3.79 79th Long ball success 55.3% 76th Liverpool chiefs will have the chance to assess Vuskovic up close on Sunday when Brighton come to Anfield (weather permitting), although it’d require an enormous show of faith from the Reds to land the highly-rated defender amid his fantastic start to life at the Amex Stadium. The Reds have a lengthy queue of young centre-backs waiting to step up if Van Dijk departs next summer, but the 19-year-old Seagulls defender might be impossible to ignore, and not just because of his towering 6 foot 4 stature.