Liverpool transfer supremo may end up paying for three standout Bournemouth stars twice

Liverpool volition request strengthening successful the transportation marketplace and their task could beryllium harder due to the fact that of the occurrence of this cardinal antheral astatine his erstwhile club

Liverpool’s sporting manager Richard Hughes whitethorn person to unpick each his large enactment astatine Bournemouth if the Reds are to raid his aged club.

Liverpool volition beryllium capable to measure respective of Bournemouth’s cardinal men erstwhile the sides collide astatine the Vitality Stadium connected Saturday successful a immense Premier League clash. Hughes was the brains down Bournemouth’s seizure of Milos Kerkez for conscionable £15million from AZ Alkmaar successful July 2023.

Kerkez’s worth has rocketed this play due to the fact that of his starring relation for Bournemouth and the Hungary left-back has 2 goals and 3 assists. Kerkez, 21, volition beryllium successful request this summertime and a caller left-back volition diagnostic highly successful Hughes’ agelong buying database of targets due to the fact that of Andy Robertson’s decline.

Bournemouth volition worth Kerkez successful the £50million bracket due to the fact that of his occurrence and the 1 consolation is that Manchester United volition beryllium retired of the moving if they onshore Patrick Dorgu from Lecce. Antoine Semenyo is different 1 of Hughes’ finds and the Ghana guardant outgo conscionable £10.5million from Bristol City 2 years ago.

Semenyo has bagged 7 goals and added 3 assists this play and helium is valued astatine £50million due to the fact that helium tin play anyplace on the frontline. Much of what Hughes and Liverpool volition bash depends connected the futures of Mohamed Salah, Virgil van Dijk and Trent Alexander-Arnold and arsenic it stands each 3 are acceptable to permission successful the summertime erstwhile their contracts expire.

Semenyo, 25, would assistance plug the monolithic spread near successful Liverpool’s onslaught if Salah did spell and his versatility would entreaty to caput manager Arne Slot. Bournemouth centre-half Dean Huijsen is besides attracting overmuch attraction and helium outgo conscionable £12.8million from Juventus successful the summer.

He was signed aft Hughes near for Anfield, but astatine conscionable 19 the Amsterdam-born Spanish Under-21 is earning rave reviews. He has already contributed 2 Premier League goals for Bournemouth and is lone going to get better.

The trio are portion of the backbone of Andoni Iraola’s broadside and they look Liverpool connected the backmost of a 12-match unbeaten run. Their signifier implicit the past 11 Premier League games of that series matches Liverpool’s and they person taken 25 points from 33.

Bournemouth besides recorded connection wins successful their past 2 games, trouncing Newcastle 4-1 astatine St James’ Park earlier smashing Nottingham Forest 5-0 astatine the Vitality connected Saturday. With the Champions League berths apt to spell down to the apical five, the Cherries are conscionable a constituent extracurricular those places and good connected people to bask the champion play successful their 126-year history.

Their signifier could not beryllium immoderate hotter going into Saturday’s showdown and this volition beryllium a immense trial of Liverpool’s rubric credentials. Slot near astir his full archetypal squad connected Merseyside for Wednesday’s last Champions League crippled successful PSV Eindhoven and helium volition anticipation it was worthy it connected Saturday.

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