Every season, we get to know of some of rising ballers in the football world. Some live up to their hype, whereas some don’t reach their true potential. Although, the interesting part about this young talents=ed players is their transfer journey. The anticipation of where they are going to go and what’s in their future. One such player in the current footballing world is Joao Neves.
Joao Neves is currently one of the top hot prospects in the world football. He has shown immense potential and the future looks super bright for the youngster. He is 19 years old young Portuguese Midfielder who is currently in contract with his current club Benfica till 2028. There have been many clubs involved to sign the Portuguese. The player is currently linked with mostly every big club around the Europe like Manchester United, Liverpool, Manchester City and Paris Saint Germain as well. The Portuguese has somewhere about £55 million market value as if now.
Joao Neves heading to the Premier league?
The Portuguese giants had set the player’s asking price at humongous 120 million Euros earlier. However, the fascinating fact about this is that many clubs were still ready to negotiate despite of having this big of asking price. This clearly shows the quality of the player and the team’s trust in his potential. The Wonder kid was already among the hot topic before the Euros 2024 but watching his performance in the tournament for Portugal has caught eyes of many big clubs. However, Liverpool are offered a 20 million Euros discount by Portuguese Giants.
The midfield crisis at Anfield
Liverpool Football Club’s new head coach Arne slot rates Joao Neves highly and wants the player on board. The new Liverpool boss was just appointed officially as the gaffer few weeks ago. The Dutchman already has so much work to do and so many loopholes to fix in the squad. Many voids were already created at the club when their former coach Jurgen Klopp left the club. Attack, Midfield and Defense three of the positions are lacking improvement in depth and the quality.
In midfield, the Merseyside giants added two world class and high quality midfielders in McAlister and Dominik Szoboszlai. Despite those signings, they are again in the market looking for reinforcement in the midfield. Thiago Alcantara has declared retirement from professional football after having an amazing career who also was playing big role in that Liverpool midfield.
Wataru Endo also is recalled by his current Stuttgard as his loan spell came to an end at the end of the season. On the other hand, their star player Trent Alexander Arnold who also can play at the midfield is getting linked to other big club and there are chances of him to leave the club as well. in these circumstances Liverpool are desperate to get a new Midfielder in the squad and improve the quality.
Arne Slot’s approach as the new Liverpool manager
Reportedly, The Dutch gaffer will not have to suffer a lot in terms of having budget in this transfer window like their previous manager Jurgen Klopp. Media claims that Arne will have a big backing from the Liverpool owners FSG which will give the former Feyenoord coach an extra room of freedom to go for extra quality in players.
It would be interesting to how the Dutchman would utilize the approach. Will he go for budget signing or will he go for one expensive marquee signing in the window.
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