Liverpool eyeing £35m ace who Momo Sissoko has compared to Luka Modric – report

Sat 20 May 2023 6:45, UK Updated Sat 20 May 2023 16:15, UK

Liverpool are likely to bolster their midfield ranks this summer ami🃏d expiring contracts and ageing legs.

While Alexis Mac Allister is one of the players most heavily linked with a🧸n Anfield move, other names are doing the rounds.

has now reported that Liverpool have s🦩et their sights on Feyenoord club captain Orkun Kokꦅcu.

The report claims that the Reds are considering a move fo🍬r the 22-year-old, w♎ho has enjoyed an amazing season.

However, Liverpool are reporte🅷dly wanting to make some ‘big purchases’ first𒐪, before looking at other options.

Kokcu burst onto the scene during the 2019-20 campaign, but his form💃 dropped off somewhat the following season.

This changed after Arne Slot took the Feyenoord reins🔯, helping bring the best out of the Turke♛y international.

Kokcu has captained his side to the Eredivisie title this term, registering eight league goals an🐲d three assists.

He has also netted ﷽three goals and claimed two assists fr🧜om 10 Europa League outings in 2022-23.

Liverpool may well have intense competition for the £35million-rat🌜ed player.

The likes of Arsenal and Tottenham have also been linked with Kokcu in recent months.

It’s not surprising, really. He has enjoyed the kind of season that norm🐈ally culminates in a big career move.

Former Liverpool and Juv💟entus ace Mohamed Sissoko has even compared Kokcu to Luka Mod🦩ric.

In a💯n interv♒iew with , Sissoko recommended Kokcu as the ‘perfect’ signing for the Bianconeri.

Sissoko claimed that Kokcu has “the 🐬same quality of play ” as Modric, as well as “the potential to reach his level”.

All in all, Kokcu looks like a good shout for Liverpool, and at £35million, he won’t exactly break the bank e♈ither.

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