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If Liverpool pursue a midfielder, it should be Atletico Madrid star Saul Niguez
Liverpool slipped to a 1-0 Champions League defeat to Atletico Madrid inside the Wanda Metropolitano on Tuesday night.
One positive, however, might have been t🥃he opportunity of a front-row seat to run the rule over a man who could thrive at Anfield.
Saul Niguez took advantage of an unfortunate ricochet at a corner, stabbing the ball beyond Alisson after♎ just four minutes to send the🐈 Atletico support into pandemonium.
Diego Simone doesn’t do things by halves and in 2017, Niguez signed🐷 a n😼ine-year contract extension with Los Rojiblancos.
Th🦹e 🌊move put a sizeable release clause in his contract but nonetheless it speaks volumes as to how much his rated at the club.
Liverpool have been linked with a move for younಌgster Kai Havertz during the summer. Although the German is considerably younger, Niguez is the midfield maestro that Jurgen Klopp could really use.
Manchester United have been interes🌃ted in the past and the cl﷽aims it will take £90 million for Atletico to start discussing a sale.
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In the coming years, James Milner will retire and given his versatility, a replacement will be required. The Atletico man has played left-back,ꦺ left midfield and in his natural box-to-box midfield role alrea🧸dy this season.
In the here and now, however, h🍃e’d be a quality addition to the Liverpool ranks💜.
On Tuesday, named him as the Man of the Match. He completed 85% of his passes, made 14 interceptions꧑ and won nꦆo fewer than 33 tackles.
His work rate 🍒was also eyecatching. He never seems to tire and his engine is exactly the sort of attribute that could work perfectly in Jurgen Klopp’s heavy metal brand of football.
Niguez wouldn’t be signed as a backup, given that he is one of the worl𝓀d’s best in his central midfield role. At 25, he is four years younger than Jordan Henderson and he could star in Klopp’s m🐈idfield for years to come.
Thꦚere’s no substance to suggest Liverpool will be interested, but they should be.
Niguez proved on Tuesday his knack of stifling the opposition. He also highlighted his capability of scoring goals and showing up for particularly big g🐬ames.
If ♕Klopp has a desire to strengthen his midfield theꦬn Niguez should be his number one target during the summer transfer window.