Melissa Reddy has revealed that Jurgen Klopp and his recruitment team are “big admirers” of Heung-min Son and Marcus Rashford.
What did she say?
The Independent journalist was talking about Liverpool’s transfer plans for the summer and what they will be looking to do.
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Speaking about the Premier League duo, she wrote: “Interest, though, is only the starting point and a tiny part of transfer thinking. The recruitment team and Klopp are big admirers of Heung-min Son and Marcus Rashford, as examples, but that interest is immaterial given neither are available to them.”
Impossible moves
Son and Rashford are amongst two of the best players in the Premier League right now. Between them, they have scored 32 goals and provided 14 assists in all competitions, and are instrumental to their respective sides.
Both valued at £72m by Transfermarkt, their potentially big transfer fees are not the reason why a move to Anfield is all but impossible.
Whilst it is hard to say whether they would ever leave their current clubs, if they were to depart they would surely not be allowed to move to Merseyside. Can you imagine the uproar if the Red Devils allowed arguably their best player to make the switch to their fiercest rivals? If you think the hatred towards the Glazers is bad enough as it is, the sale of Rashford would take the toxicity at Old Trafford to a new level.
Not only that, Liverpool already have a star trio of attacking players.
Sadio Mane, Mohamed Salah and Roberto Firmino are already household names on an international level, as the latest Ballon d’Or rankings indicated, and they have 43 goals and 32 assists between them already this term. Despite their obvious quality, Rashford and Son would have their work cut out to break in to that team.
It remains to be seen whether the European champions will look to add a star signing this summer – Jadon Sancho and Kylian Mbappe have been previously linked – but they will need to look a little further from home than this Premier League pair.
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