Liverpool have been evidently hoping to strengthen their midfield ranks in the course of the summer time switch window, however in the end they didn’t signal any participant for that a part of the squad.
As we all know all too nicely, Martin Zubimendi emerged because the Reds’ high goal in early August, just for the Spaniard to resolve that he’d choose to stay with Actual Sociedad.
One other midfielder to be linked with a doable transfer to Anfield in latest months was Teun Koopmeiners, however the ex-Atalanta participant as an alternative joined Juventus, and it seems that different potential suitors hadn’t a hope of beating the Bianconeri to his signature.
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In a quote relayed by Fabrizio Romano by way of X, the Dutchman acknowledged: “Perhaps sure, different golf equipment have been thinking about me this summer time… however I used to be solely thinking about Juventus.”
⚪️⚫️🇳🇱 Teun Koopmeiners: “Perhaps sure, different golf equipment have been thinking about me this summer time… however I used to be solely thinking about Juventus”. pic.twitter.com/GFUGaQk7Hu
— Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) September 10, 2024
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Such was Koopmeiners’ need to hitch the Turin giants that, previous to the switch, he went AWOL from Atalanta coaching, a lot to the fury of Nerazzurri supervisor Gian Piero Gasperini.
From a Liverpool perspective, which will look like a pink flag – if the participant was keen to go to such lengths to try to pressure by means of a transfer from the Europa League holders, what’s to say that he wouldn’t accomplish that once more at another membership he represents in his profession?
He would’ve given the Reds one other skilled pure defensive midfield choice had he come to Anfield (along with having the ability to play as a quantity 8 or 10), though Arne Slot’s use of his compatriot Ryan Gravenberch in that position has labored a deal with to date.
It was telling that, not like with Zubimendi, it by no means bought to a stage the place LFC have been about to place cash on the desk for Koopmeiners. Maybe there was a realisation that he solely had eyes for Juventus, or possibly he simply wasn’t deemed an ideal slot in the way in which that the Spaniard was.
In fact, this was a switch race we have been by no means going to win. Let’s hope {that a} Dutch midfielder who’s already at Liverpool will go away us with no regrets over lacking out on his worldwide teammate.
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