Arsenal
Aston Villa
Chelsea
Crystal Palace
Everton
Fulham
Leeds United
Liverpool
Manchester City
Manchester United
Newcastle United
Nottingham Forest
Southampton
Tottenham Hotspur
West Ham United
Wolverhampton Wanderers
Liverpool fans have been reacting to reports the club have reached an agreement to sign Diego Carlos next summer.
, Reds officials are to trigger the Brazilian defender’s £64 million release clause, with personal terms apparently being negotiated
Carlos has been in inspired form for Europa League side Sevilla this season after joining the club in the summer from Nantes.
The South American has had a huge impact on Sevilla defensively, helping the team into third place in La Liga.
Having started every league game, Carlos has been key in the club conceding just 17 goals so far – making them the joint-fourth best team in the division defensively.
Liverpool are no strangers to splashing big on defenders, having signed Virgil van Dijk in the January window two years ago.
The Dutch colossus has been nothing short of a sensation for the Reds, making his £75 million fee () look a snip.
At present Liverpool only have four centre-halves, and it has been rare over the past couple of years that they have all been fit at the same time.
There has been some talk about Dejan Lovren’s future – a successful move for Carlos would certainly increase speculation around the Croatian.
Liverpool fans react
Several Liverpool fans on social media were quite dubious about the links, with many struggling to believe the club would fork out as much as £64 million:
If we sign him in the summer, he’ll be older than VvD when we signed him from Southampton… And see it happening. Reckon we could sell Dejan and bring in an older, reliable CB, who will eventually be swapped-out for Hoever in a couple of years.
— Rakesh Singh (@RakSingh1)
This one would be the perfect partner for vvd long run. Top quality
— Iman (@TruetoIman)
It’s definitely an area we need depth but this amount doesn’t tie with our previous style of doing business
— GeorgeLifts (@castawayinlondo)
Good. Need depth
— Zack Pournaras? (@ZPournaras)
Take it Lovren will be leaving then
— Liam Lobban (@LiamLobban)
He is a beast.
— Trent Rocker (@___trent___)
Can’t see it personally – Klopp loves Gomez and Matip. Not gonna spend this much on a fourth choice CB.
— Flipper the Priest (@FlipperPriest)
Not happening at that price with that age.
— FantasticFirmino9 (@MPBFirmino9)
Edwards will get the price down to about 35 mil ?
— Philip Murray (@Philip1978)
Diego Carlos is a very talented CB but you have to question why Liverpool would be putting so much into a player they don’t need, I questioned whether they needed a CB last summer however having seen the faith Klopp has shown in Gomez it’s clear to see why they didn’t sign one
— The Walker Report (@TWR2018)
Liverpool have made moves for Diego Carlos. But £64million is too much . I don’t see us paying that much for a defender. Hopefully we get a low fee on the deal .
— Nana-Sam® (@nana_samk)
Silly season at its best
— Robin Karlsson (@RobinK1983)