Liverpool are claimed to have tried a deal for Mexican winger Cesar Huerta throughout the summer time switch window, although their transfer in the end fell by way of.
Studies of Liverpool’s curiosity in Huerta, a left winger enjoying for Membership Universidad, emerged from Mexico on the finish of August.
The membership, higher often called Pumas, had been reported by TUDN to have “made it simple” for the 23-year-old to safe his transfer to England, with an settlement “very shut.”
Plans had been in place for Huerta to journey to the UK to finalise a switch, which might have come simply earlier than Friday’s deadline.
Nevertheless, it’s claimed to have damaged down after Sunderland rejected a proposed mortgage transfer, with Liverpool’s plan being to ship him out for the season earlier than a return to Anfield subsequent summer time.
That story has been backed up by Pumas president Gustavo Lema, who confirmed the Reds’ curiosity in his participant in a press convention after Monday’s 3-1 loss to Tigres.
“El Chino was scouted by top-of-the-line golf equipment on the earth and that could be a supply of pleasure,” Lema advised reporters per TUDN.
“What are you going to inform individuals? That you’ve a participant who was scouted by Liverpool?
“No, individuals need to win and that’s their proper. We can not inform individuals something.”
Lema inferred that the deal wouldn’t have been a well-liked one amongst Pumas followers, with Huerta their main sources of targets final season, scoring 12 and helping 9 in 41 appearances.
He has begun the brand new marketing campaign with two targets in 5 video games, with the Mexico worldwide enjoying nearly all of his video games for the membership on the left wing.
The prospect of Liverpool signing a 23-year-old from Liga MX earlier than sending him out on mortgage to the Championship is a wierd one.
That’s notably the case given Arne Slot‘s squad is well-stocked on the left flank, with Cody Gakpo presently unable to get a begin because of the type of Luis Diaz.
Darwin Nunez and Diogo Jota are each able to working on the left, although the pinnacle coach believes they’re pure strikers, whereas new signing Federico Chiesa has expertise there too.
However Liverpool’s house owners are clearly open to exploring alternatives out there, notably given their plans to increase with the acquisition of one other membership – the place, feasibly, Huerta might have been despatched.
It appears unlikely they may revisit a take care of Pumas now, although it isn’t totally out of the query.
