{"id":565029,"date":"2020-09-07T12:22:47","date_gmt":"2020-09-07T16:22:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=565029"},"modified":"2020-09-07T12:22:47","modified_gmt":"2020-09-07T16:22:47","slug":"premier-league-trio-want-to-sign-rhian-brewster","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2020\/09\/07\/premier-league-trio-want-to-sign-rhian-brewster\/","title":{"rendered":"REPORT: Premier League Trio Eye-up Rhian Brewster"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/clubs\/sheffield-united-club-news-analysis-fixtures\/\" target=\"_self\">Sheffield United<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/clubs\/crystal-palace\/\" target=\"_self\">Crystal Palace<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/clubs\/aston-villa-club-news-analysis-fixtures\/\" target=\"_self\">Aston Villa<\/a> will compete to sign <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/clubs\/liverpool\/\" target=\"_self\">Liverpool\u2019s<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/fbref.com\/en\/players\/30e81a88\/Rhian-Brewster\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Rhian Brewster<\/a>, according to Mike McGrath of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/football\/2020\/09\/07\/premier-league-clubs-believe-rhian-brewster-will-allowed-leave\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">the Telegraph<\/a>. The news emerges as the three clubs mentioned believe the England U21 international will be allowed to leave.<\/p>\n<p>The forward has been subject to a great deal of Premier League speculation this summer and a handful of clubs are willing to take a chance on the World Cup Winner. With Jurgen Klopp keen on bringing in an already-proven striker, Brewster\u2019s time at <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/clubs\/liverpool\/\" target=\"_self\">Liverpool<\/a> could be drawing to a close.<\/p>\n<h2>Liverpool Forward Rhian Brewster is at the Centre of Premier League Trio\u2019s Transfer Plans<\/h2>\n<h3>Productive Spell in Wales for Rhian Brewster<\/h3>\n<p>Brewster enjoyed a successful spell with Championship outfit <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/clubs\/swansea-city\/\" target=\"_self\">Swansea City<\/a> in the second half of last season. The 20-year-old managed to hit double figures for the Swans, averaging a goal every two games.<\/p>\n<p>The London-born forward also had a big part to play in Swansea\u2019s dramatic playoff push. Brewster scored the opener in Swansea\u2019s emphatic 4-1 victory over Reading, which ultimately <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/football\/2020\/jul\/22\/championship-roundup-swansea-snatch-play-off-spot-after-forest-crumble#:~:text=Championship%20roundup%3A%20Swansea%20snatch%20play%2Doff%20spot%20after%20Forest%20crumble,-This%20article%20is&amp;text=Swansea%20head%20coach%20Steve%20Cooper,in%20the%20Championship%20play%2Doffs.\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">knocked Nottingham Forest out of the play-offs<\/a> in heart-breaking fashion.<\/p>\n<p>After Brewster returned to Liverpool, the Swans were keen to get the 20-year-old back, ahead of the 2020\/21 campaign. However, with the forward being part of Liverpool\u2019s pre-season plans, the Reds opted to keep Brewster.<\/p>\n<h3>Newcastle May Withdraw Their Interest<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/clubs\/newcastle-united\/\" target=\"_self\">Newcastle United\u00a0<\/a>are another side who have been monitoring the striker\u2019s progress this transfer window. However, the <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2020\/09\/07\/newcastle-complete-deals-for-wilson-and-fraser\/\" target=\"_self\">\u00a320 million signing<\/a> of forward <a href=\"https:\/\/fbref.com\/en\/players\/c596fcb0\/Callum-Wilson?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Callum Wilson<\/a>, may end the Magpies interest.<\/p>\n<p>However, Newcastle have found themselves in a \u2018striker crisis\u2019 during pre-season. With <a href=\"https:\/\/fbref.com\/en\/players\/e58a03c6\/Dwight-Gayle?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dwight Gayle<\/a> injured and Joelinton missing, the signing of Wilson was more of a necessity than a luxury. In the desperate situation that Newcastle find themselves in terms of their attacking options, the addition of Brewster may be welcomed with open arms.<\/p>\n<p>Main Photo<\/p>\n<p><a id=\"A18ZU5PwQIRerrQykQ6WPA\" class=\"gie-single\" style=\"color: #a7a7a7; text-decoration: none; font-weight: normal !important; border: none; display: inline-block;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gettyimages.co.uk\/detail\/1269536681\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Embed from Getty Images<\/a><script>window.gie=window.gie||function(c){(gie.q=gie.q||[]).push(c)};gie(function(){gie.widgets.load({id:'A18ZU5PwQIRerrQykQ6WPA',sig:'f5usTd5m6e0XrPdci_FRvYkyu8S9LUymny4m0jWbuxY=',w:'594px',h:'396px',items:'1269536681',caption: true ,tld:'co.uk',is360: false })});<\/script><script src='\/\/embed-cdn.gettyimages.com\/widgets.js' charset='utf-8' async><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sheffield United, Crystal Palace and Aston Villa will compete to sign Liverpool\u2019s Rhian Brewster, according to Mike McGrath of the Telegraph. The news emerges as the three clubs mentioned believe the England U21 international will be allowed to leave. The forward has been subject to a great deal of Premier League speculation this summer and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3580,"featured_media":565044,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3,3838,33,12,32,16,1267,3839,23],"tags":[177,2515,547,126,95,1962,771,394,136],"class_list":["post-565029","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-premier-league","category-aston-villa","category-championship","category-crystal-palace","category-league-football","category-liverpool","category-newcastle-united","category-sheffield-united","category-swansea","tag-aston-villa","tag-callum-wilson","tag-crystal-palace","tag-jurgen-klopp","tag-liverpool","tag-rhian-brewster","tag-sheffield-united","tag-swansea-city","tag-world-football"],"modified_by":"Dale Ventham, Editor","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/565029","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3580"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=565029"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/565029\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/565044"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=565029"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=565029"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=565029"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}