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The finish line for the January transfer window is now in sight, and for Liverpool, it is clear where the intentions lie.
Jurgen Klopp has shown a kind of frustration in recent negotiations with the media when talking about the player swap.
The Reds manager has readily admitted on a handful of occasions that, ideally, he would like a center-back to join his ranks this month.
Given he only has Joel Matip and his long injury history to call him his only senior central midfielder right now, that’s not much of a surprise.
But the Reds coach wanted to emphasize that the decision, although not his, was made with an eye on the future of Liverpool’s financial health.
And in another way, FSG’s transfer strategy is also firmly fixed on tomorrow.
News that the club is in talks with Derby County about 16-year-old Kaide Gordon received a tepid response on Monday.
If social media is the temperature to measure – and let’s face it, it rarely is – the idea that £ 3m could be spent on England’s Gordon youth international only seemed to add to the unrest at a time when funds seemingly they are exhausted.
Football fans, even on the brightest days, are a demanding bunch when it comes to the transfer market.
New players are always in demand, regardless of any past success with the current crop.
But the desire to see a center-back in January grew out of a very real concern that not doing so could cost Liverpool their Premier League title.
However, the club itself has blocked the noise and focused its efforts on recruiting for years.
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Liverpool are yet to win the race for Gordon, but Anfield officials are confident that the recent record of bloody youth in Klopp’s first team could be a tantalizing prospect.
If the teenager joins a thriving organization at Kirkby Academy, he will be the third to arrive in the last month.
Before Christmas, Liverpool sealed a deal for the versatile Birmingham City defender Calum Scanlon.
The 15-year-old left defender was tracked down for some time before his family was present to see him put pen on paper on his terms last month.
However, the Reds did not end there as they moved quickly before the start of January to bring in Stefan Bajcetic from Celta de Vigo.
Under the new post-Brexit transfer rules, Liverpool would not have been able to sign foreign players under the age of 18 once the UK left the European Union on January 1.
The club moved quickly to seal a deal for the defender, rejecting Manchester United’s interest in the process.
These three deals were the result of a flurry of summer activity that saw another trio of teenagers become Liverpool players.
Fabian Mrozek, Mateusz Musialowski and goalkeeper Marcelo Pitaluga moved into the ranks of the academy.
With Harvey Elliott and Sepp van den Berg largely dominating 2019 earnings as well, it’s clear those on the inside at Anfield are never looking at what might happen ahead.
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