Liverpool’s investment in Virgil van Dijk paid off and the club are hoping to repeat the trick(Image: EMPICS Sport)
Meanwhile, Rhian Brewster isreportedly being lined up for a loan moveaway from Liverpool, but only after the Reds face Evertonin the FA Cup this coming weekend.
Teenage forward Brewster has played twice for Jurgen Klopp’s first-team this season, featuring against Milton Keynes Dons and Arsenalin the Carabao Cup.
He was injured when a youthful Reds side took on Aston Villa in the quarter-finals and so was unable to take his place in either that team or join the first -team while they were away at the Club World Cup in Qatar.
The Athleticclaim that Championship side Swansea City are closing in on taking the – year-old for the rest of the season, but Klopp will delay any departure until after Sunday’s Anfield meeting against Merseyside Neighbors Everton, when the Liverpool boss is expected to ring the changes.
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