Bukayo Saka has already sent clear £71m message to Liverpool after refusing 'swap'

Bukayo Saka has played against galore apical players, but the Arsenal guardant has been peculiarly complimentary to 1 prima who has been linked with Liverpool

Bukayo Saka has antecedently expressed admiration for Liverpool transportation people Marcus Thuram.

Arne Slot's broadside are reportedly eyeing up a determination for the Inter Milan guardant successful the January transportation window. The Merseysiders person hardly been abbreviated of goals this season, but their lone caller arrivals successful the summertime were goalkeeper Giorgi Mamardashvilli of Valencia – who won't get until adjacent twelvemonth – and Federico Chiesa of Juventus.

Meanwhile, Thuram has started the run powerfully with an Inter broadside who has been awesome successful the Champions League, having precocious beaten the Gunners 1-0. Reports from Italy recognize Liverpool are funny successful the French planetary and judge the information that they person his purported champion person Chiesa wrong the ranks could assistance sway him to Anfield. Italian sports paper Gazzetta dello Sport has reported that Liverpool person been keeping tabs connected Thuram, perchance looking to bring him onboard successful January.

Thuram has netted 8 goals and provided 5 assists for Inter this season, and is believed to person a merchandise clause of €85million (£71million) successful his contract. Last season, helium contributed 29 goals which helped Inter clinch the Serie A title, finishing a whopping 19 points up of rivals AC Milan.

Their triumph against the Gunners was different steadfast connection by Simone Inzaghi's side, and if Thuram was to get astatine Anfield, Saka volition apt beryllium adjacent much acrophobic astir the Reds.

Saka, who captained the Gunners during their decision successful Milan, has antecedently admitted that helium powerfully admires Thuram.

He singled retired Liverpool people Thuram arsenic 1 subordinate he'd emotion to spot astatine the Emirates, if helium had the accidental to motion the French striker. However, helium would inactive not swap Thuram for immoderate of his team-mates.

In a caller interview, helium said: "If I was to instrumentality a subordinate retired of Inter Milan now, I could instrumentality a batch of them. There are a batch of prime players.

"I similar [Nicolo] Barella, he's a apical midfielder and besides the 2 strikers [Marcus] Thuram and [Lautaro] Martinez. They're bully arsenic well, but astatine the aforesaid clip I'm blessed with my teammates and I wouldn't swap immoderate of them, for sure."

Liverpool are presently enjoying a imagination run which has seen them powerfulness their mode to the apical of the Premier League and the Champions League table. Slot volition instrumentality his table-topping squad to the South Coast to look Southampton connected Sunday (2pm). They volition past instrumentality to Anfield to big Real Madrid successful the Champions League adjacent Wednesday.

Meanwhile, Saka's broadside are hanging onto a spot successful the apical 4 by their fingernails, having fallen 9 points down Liverpool and 2 points down the apical 8 successful the Champions League.

Mikel Arteta's broadside person a tricky instrumentality from the planetary break. They big this season's astonishment bundle Nottingham Forest earlier facing Sporting CP, who volition beryllium competing successful their archetypal Champions League lucifer since losing erstwhile brag Ruben Amorim to Manchester United.

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