Lille star set for Liverpool transfer audition as Premier League scouts watch on

Jonathan David is expected to crook down a declaration hold astatine Lille to go a escaped cause this summertime with Liverpool among big of clubs funny successful forward

Window aft model has passed but Jonathan David remains astatine Lille.

This summer, however, the Canada striker volition go a escaped cause and it remains anyone’s conjecture wherever helium ends up. For 5 years helium has been linked with moves to the bulk of Europe’s large clubs and contiguous the 25-year-old volition beryllium presented with different audition astatine Anfield.

Liverpool's recruitment astatine the extremity of the play remains up successful the aerial until a determination is made astir the large 3 nearing the extremity of their deals. But if Mohamed Salah goes past Arne Slot ’s frontline volition necessitate bolstering - and the links with David were determination sporadically done the Jurgen Klopp era.

Tottenham are among those to person been talked up arsenic a destination successful caller days, too, but Lille person made it wide that David volition not beryllium leaving the nine this month. Signing a caller contract, connected the different hand, appears improbable with an connection made months agone but nary awesome that it volition beryllium signed.

"What americium I waiting for? I conjecture present it’s easier to say. I’m successful the past twelvemonth of my contract,” David said earlier this season. "Eventually my declaration is going to tally out. So past we’ll see. We’ll spot what happens adjacent year. I’m unfastened to anything.

"I deliberation evidently the Premier League is regarded arsenic 1 of the champion leagues successful the world. And for maine it’s not the Premier League oregon bust. I’m unfastened to thing and each league has its challenges."

David’s agents person precocious reiterated that everything is connected the array erstwhile it comes to his future, and helium is doing a bully occupation astatine auditioning truthful acold this season.

He arrives connected Merseyside with 17 goals scored crossed Ligue 1 and the Champions League truthful acold this season. Only Mason Greenwood has recovered the nett much successful the apical tier than his twelve and Lille beryllium successful 3rd spot, connected people for again reaching adjacent season’s Champions League.

Bruno Genesio’s squad are unbeaten successful 20 games, with their astir caller decision coming against Ruben Amorim’s Sporting Lisbon successful mid-September, and beryllium eighth successful the bloated Champions League league signifier array earlier this week’s games.

They are astir guaranteed a play-off spot - and overmuch of it is down to David’s brilliance.

He whitethorn not person scored successful 5 appearances but helium did supply a 3rd assistance of the play successful the play triumph astatine location to Nice, proving helium tin inactive crook creator erstwhile not uncovering the nett himself.

David, who tin decorativeness with some feet, has been utilized arsenic a solo antheral up apical by Genesio but successful the past helium has proven that helium tin premix things up and driblet heavy oregon enactment arsenic a enactment striker.

Such versatility is what makes him truthful charismatic to teams crossed the continent.

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