{"id":625061,"date":"2023-07-12T10:05:51","date_gmt":"2023-07-12T14:05:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/?p=625061"},"modified":"2023-07-12T10:11:23","modified_gmt":"2023-07-12T14:11:23","slug":"romano-liverpool-transfer-targets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2023\/07\/12\/romano-liverpool-transfer-targets\/","title":{"rendered":"Fabrizio Romano Report Indicates Chelsea Could Lose Out in Liverpool Double Swoop"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Liverpool may have already acquired the midfield duo of Alexis Mac Allister and Dominik Szoboszlai, but transfer guru <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=FfkRhVxcX6A\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Fabrizio Romano has revealed<\/a> that the Reds want &#8220;to sign a new centre-back and one more midfielder\u201d ahead of the new campaign.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Romano Confirms Liverpool Are Still in the Market for a Defender and Midfielder<\/h2>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Romeo Lavia is the Perfect Liverpool Player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/sYh_WYecyco?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>Could Colwill Switch Stamford Bridge for Anfield?<\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Levi Colwill\u2019s performances at the heart of England\u2019s U21 defence this summer meant the Three Lions claimed their first European Championship since 1984-\u00a0 without conceding a goal &#8211; and now the Chelsea man is attracting attention from Jurgen Klopp\u2019s Liverpool.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Speaking to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=FfkRhVxcX6A\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Born and Red Youtube channel<\/a>, Romano revealed:\u201c The interest is 100% confirmed and genuine and it is a really strong interest.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThe interest in Levi Colwill is very strong but at the moment, honestly it is really complicated.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Read More:<\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2023\/07\/09\/liverpool-hold-talks-with-romeo-lavia\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">&#8216;Klopp Wants Him&#8217;: Liverpool Hold Concrete Talks With &#8216;Incredible&#8217; \u00a350 Million Rated Player<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Blues are set to dig their heels over any transfer for the defender as they see him as a \u2018crucial player\u2019 moving forward with Mauricio Pochettino set to hold talks with the Englishman over his future at the West London club.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Romano said there are other transfer options for Liverpool in defence in Micky van de Ven or Gonzalo Inacio, two players the club has also been monitoring, but it appears that Colwill is their top target at this moment in time.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>Midfield Target<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The additions of Mac Allister and Szoboszlai may have bolstered the Reds attacking midfield, but Klopp is still very keen to bring in a defensive midfielder, as the German freshens up his midfield this summer.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Romeo Lavia appears to be top of that list as things stand, with Romano confirming the club see him as a \u2018special\u2019 player, but that the Southampton man is not the only midfielder they have their eye on.\u00a0 This could be a further blow to Chelsea who were <a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/news\/romano-50m-caicedo-alternative-chelsea-partner-transfer-delay-explained\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">previously linked<\/a> with the player.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Romano believes Liverpool are willing to wait to see how the market develops, however, and are holding internal discussions over their next move for a midfielder.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Read More:\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/2023\/07\/03\/liverpool-romeo-lavia-transfer-interest\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">After Szoboszlai: Fabrizio Romano Reveals Liverpool Transfer Plan For \u00a350 Million Star Amid Arsenal Links<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Aurelien Tchouameni has long been admired by Klopp and whilst Romano says that any deal for the Frenchman is \u201cvery complicated\u201d, you can \u201cnever say never\u201d over the Real Madrid midfielder swapping the Bernabeu for Anfield.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There has also been interest in Kephram Thuram, but the Italian journalist believes this deal is too expensive for the Reds at this time and despite being keen on the Frenchman Lavia represents better value for money.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Whoever Liverpool do land, it is clear that the powers that be at Anfield are serious on spending money this summer and willing to back Klopp in the transfer market as he looks to bolster his squad after an underwhelming season last year.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Featured Image<\/strong><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_624319\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-624319\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-624319 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/06\/Anfield-300x204.jpg\" alt=\"Photo of a stand in Anfield (home stadium of Liverpool)\" width=\"300\" height=\"204\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/06\/Anfield-300x204.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/06\/Anfield-1024x697.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/06\/Anfield-768x523.jpg 768w, https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/football\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2023\/06\/Anfield.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-624319\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo of Anfield by Ruaraidh Gillies from https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ruaraidhg\/29676137824\/ CC by SA-2: https:\/\/www.wikidata.org\/wiki\/Q19068220<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Liverpool may have already acquired the midfield duo of Alexis Mac Allister and Dominik Szoboszlai, but transfer guru Fabrizio Romano has revealed that the Reds want &#8220;to sign a new centre-back and one more midfielder\u201d ahead of the new campaign. 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