Liverpool have acquired a switch enquiry for one participant who earned the acclaim of Thiago Alcantara throughout the latter’s time at Anfield.
In a summer time which has seen Arne Slot start to place his personal stamp on the Reds squad, a number of members of the Premier League-winning group from final season have since left, together with Trent Alexander-Arnold, Caoimhin Kelleher, Jarell Quansah and now Luis Diaz.
Damage points precluded Tyler Morton from contributing to that success, however having starred in England’s European under-21 triumph final month, the midfielder has been attracting curiosity in current weeks – Portuguese outfit Braga had been amongst his reported suitors.
Liverpool obtain enquiry for Tyler Morton
One other membership from the continent has now registered their admiration for the 22-year-old, as reported at this time by Paul Joyce for The Occasions.
Lyon are fascinated with Morton and have made contact with Liverpool, whereas the Wallasey native has additionally attracted consideration from West Ham. Nonetheless, the Irons would wish to promote a few of their present gamers first earlier than pursuing a transfer for the Reds’ quantity 80.
May Liverpool money in on Morton this summer time?
The midfielder will flip 23 in October and has made simply 14 senior appearances for LFC, however he’s made probably the most of that game-time by leaving fairly an impression on teammates and pundits alike.
RTE analyst Liam Brady labelled him ‘improbable‘ after starring towards AC Milan within the Champions League as a young person, whereas Thiago predicted that Morton would have ‘a brilliant and nice profession right here’ after enjoying and coaching alongside him throughout their mutual time at Anfield (BBC Sport).
The 22-year-old made his first look of pre-season final weekend (additionally towards the Rossoneri), having had an prolonged break following his European under-21 exploits in June, however acquiring common game-time within the months forward may very well be a tough problem.
Liverpool at present have an abundance of choices in midfield, and the Scouser absolutely gained’t wish to be kicking his heels on the periphery of the squad at this level in his profession.
Having commanded sizeable charges for the likes of Sepp van den Berg and Fabio Carvalho within the current previous – each of whom are gifted gamers however by no means established themselves at Anfield – FSG may really feel assured of doing the identical in the event that they determine to money in on Morton.
A transfer to Lyon would theoretically give him the possibility to characteristic closely within the Europa League, ought to he be an everyday first-choice with the Ligue 1 aspect. He and Liverpool may have a major choice to make over the following month or so.
