Brentford’s Bryan Mbeumo and Bournemouth’s Antoine Semenyo are among the many gamers being scouted by Liverpool as they assess future targets that might play for Arne Slot.
Underneath the brand new stewardship of Michael Edwards and Richard Hughes, Liverpool’s recruitment group are working laborious on assessing future expertise, particularly in areas of the crew that will want replacements throughout the subsequent 12 months.
Mohamed Salah is at present certainly one of three prime stars out of contract on the finish of the season together with Virgil van Dijk and Trent Alexander-Arnold – and, though there isn’t a definitive indication on any of their futures but, Liverpool are doing the prudent factor and planning for various outcomes.
Which will see a have to signal a brand new ahead participant and Semenyo is understood to Hughes having signed him for Bournemouth from Bristol Metropolis in 2023.
The 24-year-old has improved considerably on the south coast, particularly for the reason that arrival of Andoni Iraola as head coach, scoring 5 occasions in his final 14 appearances within the Premier League final season, and he has continued in that vein this season with three targets in 9.
Mbuemo, 25, has been much more prolific with eight Premier League targets in 9, and he’s understood to have been monitored by Liverpool for a while. Each gamers’ profiles present similarities to Salah, significantly their skill to be harmful anyplace throughout the entrance positions.
Sky Germany have reported Stuttgart’s 25-year-old Egypt ahead Oumar Marmoush is one other participant being checked out by Liverpool – however sources on Merseyside have refuted that he’s of any curiosity to the membership at the moment.
Antoine Semenyo has had 31 photographs this season and scored three targets
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Head coach Slot as soon as once more gave nothing away on Friday when requested for an replace on the contract conditions surrounding Salah, Alexander-Arnold and Van Dijk, stating that talks between the membership and the trio are “ongoing”.
“For me the contract situation could become a problem if the players don’t perform as well as they do at the moment,” Slot mentioned. “Of course, it’s not sure that, if they perform not as good anymore, it has anything to do with their contract situation.
“In the intervening time all three of them are in a great place, all of them carry out actually, actually, rather well and there are ongoing discussions, as Virgil mentioned, with the folks he has to speak with, and that is not me as you already know. I discuss with him to him about different issues.
“Let’s wait and see but all what he said is completely right in that he doesn’t exactly know what the future will be as long as he doesn’t sign the contract yet.”
