Liverpool are closing in on the Premier League title as they sit on prime of the desk, 15 factors forward of 2nd positioned Arsenal.
They’re additionally within the League Cup ultimate, with a conflict in opposition to Newcastle scheduled to be performed at Wembley coming Sunday.
Within the Champions League, they’ve a slender 1-0 lead in opposition to PSG, going into the second leg at Anfield tomorrow evening.
The following two video games are big for the Reds of their hopes of profitable multiple silverware this season.
Whereas these on the pitch proceed to concentrate on the video games forward, behind the scenes, the Reds have started engaged on the the transfers forward of the summer season switch window.
Liverpool eager on signing Jan Paul van Hecke
They’ve been linked with a number of gamers, with certainly one of them being Brighton’s Jan Paul van Hecke.
As per the newest report from GiveMeSport, the Merseyside membership are eager on signing a brand new centre-back in the summertime and are ‘exhibiting curiosity’ in van Hecke.
The report claims that there’s an excessive chance that the 2019/20 Premier League champions will think about ‘heading into negotiations’ with Brighton within the subsequent few months.
It additional provides that the participant has impressed the membership’s recruitment workforce who make selections based mostly on a data-driven strategy. They’re mentioned to have been impressed by his consistency stage in addition to his means to make ahead passes from the again.
Whereas the curiosity remains to be in its early phases, supervisor Arne Slot has reportedly requested his scouting workforce to proceed monitoring his performances earlier than making a ultimate choice.
van Hecke has been excellent this season
Paul van Hecke has made 30 appearances this season, scoring 1 and helping 1 and has been a key participant for them in what has been a very good season for the Seagulls thus far.
They sit sixth within the league, simply 1 level behind reigning Premier league champions Man Metropolis, 3 factors behind Chelsea at 4th place and 5 factors behind third positioned Nottingham Forest.
He scored this previous weekend to assist his facet to a 2-1 win in opposition to Fulham, their 4th consecutive win within the league.
The 24-year-old defender has been broadly praised for his performances by followers and pundits alike, with former Premier League supervisor Harry Redknapp describing him as very good early on within the season.
Paul van Hecke praised for his performances
After selecting him in his workforce of the week again in September, Redknapp mentioned (quotes by way of Birmingham World):
“Jan Paul van Hecke at Brighton has actually impressed me thus far this season. I assumed he was wonderful of their win over Manchester United and was very good once more in opposition to Arsenal.
“He’s so strong, he wins every part that comes his approach and is forming a superb partnership with Lewis Dunk. He’s simply received his first call-up to the Netherlands squad – that’s a mirrored image of how nicely he’s taking part in,”
He has additionally been praised by Pep Guardiola for his robust efficiency throughout Brighton’s 2-1 win over Man Metropolis. The Spaniard praised the ‘aggression’ he confirmed to defend in opposition to Erling Haaland all sport. Guardiola mentioned (quote by way of Purpose):
“He was wonderful. The way in which he linked up within the sport was spectacular, and the gamers actually stepped up with their quick passes. There are a whole lot of positives at this membership (Brighton). In fact, Fabian has added his distinctive contact. How Van Hecke related and was aggressive was very, superb.”
