A dependable switch reporter has revealed that Liverpool submitted an enquiry to a high-flying Champions League membership for considered one of their most coveted kids.
Among the many standout outcomes from the match this week was Sporting Lisbon’s 4-1 demolition of Manchester Metropolis in a memorable closing house match for Ruben Amorim earlier than he leaves the Portuguese capital to take cost of Manchester United.
A participant who starred in that sensational consequence on the Estadio Jose Alvalade has been the topic of switch enquiries from England.
Liverpool enquire about Quenda
In keeping with Graeme Bailey for TBR Soccer, Liverpool and Arsenal have each lodged enquiries for Geovany Quenda, though Sporting are set to maneuver heaven and earth to make sure that the 17-year-old doesn’t go away within the close to future.
The winger and the golf equipment who’ve requested about him have been informed that the Lisbon hierarchy don’t have any intention of promoting him, except their hand is pressured by a potential suitor triggering his €100m (£83m) launch clause.
Quenda is highly-rated but additionally exorbitantly priced
Quenda has caught the attention throughout his breakout season at Sporting, scoring twice in his 17 video games to this point and offering a pleasant threaded help for Viktor Gyokeres’ first purpose within the 4-1 thrashing of Man Metropolis on Tuesday.
He additionally received 5 of his seven duels on the evening (Sofascore) and Bernardo Silva, who captained the Premier League champions in midweek, has tipped the 17-year-old to finally ‘steal’ his beginning berth within the Portugal nationwide staff (A Bola).
It’s an indication of how extremely he’s rated that the Portuguese giants have set such a lofty launch clause and are decided to not promote him, though £83m would nonetheless be a colossal determine to pay for somebody who’s nonetheless solely discovering his approach in senior soccer.
Additionally, Amorim has mentioned that whereas Quenda is ‘a really gifted child’, he nonetheless ‘has to enhance quite a bit’ together with his ending and his total decision-making within the closing third (TBR Soccer). Moreover, Liverpool have already got a teenage proper winger brewing properly in Ben Doak, so that they don’t must spend large bucks on the Sporting gem.
The 17-year-old isn’t prone to find yourself at Anfield any time quickly, however he might be one to look at in a normal sense over the remainder of this season and within the coming years.
