Liverpool joins the race to sign “one of the best CMS in the PL”

In recent years, the Liverpool midfielder has undergone serious reconstruction with the last pieces of the puzzle that seek to be completed this summer.

Despite the arrival of Dominik Szoboszlai two years ago, Florian Wirtz – a signature of 116 million pounds Sterling – was added to the heart of Anfield and he is ready to storm the Premier League.

However, despite the tastes of Wirtz, Alexis Mac Allister and Ryan Gravenberch arriving all, Richard Hughes and Co are not satisfied.

Indeed, they would have the impression that they still need a natural defensive midfielder. Graveuille has admirably fulfilled the last mandate, winning in particular the prize of the young player of the year of the Premier League, but he is avant-garde by nature and not the midfielder who holds in the long term than Arne Slot.

So where could they look at?

Liverpool hunting for another midfielder

In recent years, Liverpool has done a lot of work on the signing of a new midfielder, but has not quite something on the line.

Last summer, it was Martin Zubimendi, now from Arsenal, which they tried to attract to Anfield. They were also confident, only so that the Spanish maestro stayed at Real Sociedad for another year.

Before that, there was Romeo Lavia and Moises Caicedo. Liverpool wanted to spend a lot of money on Caicedo but he finally chose Chelsea.

The equator was a key player for Brighton and made a familiar name on the South Coast.

Carlos Baleba – The replacement of Caicedo as aMex – is now a similar reputation in the Brighton midfielder.

He attracted a great interest in Manchester United this summer with David Ornstein, reporting that the Red Devils want to conclude an agreement. However, it could be difficult to finalize this summer.

Now, according to the offside, a number of other Premier League teams have also recorded their interest in the 21-year-old.

Indeed, he revealed that Liverpool, Arsenal, Chelsea, Manchester City, Newcastle United and Spurs also monitor the situation of Cameroonian.

However, Brighton would have no interest in selling the midfielder and according to previous reports, he could take an all-powerful offer of 104 million pounds sterling for the price.

Why Baleba could finally replace Fabinho

Liverpool does not miss many pieces of the puzzle before the 2024/25 campaign. They added Wirtz – one of the best attackers around – and signed Hugo Ekitike, a player that some people suggest could be “the next Mbappe”.

However, if you are looking for areas to be criticized, it would be the defense. In the middle of the links with Marc Guehi, the Reds want to sign a central defender before the window closes with Joe Gomez injured, Ibrahima Konate linked to an outing and Jarell Quansah having already left Anfield.

Well, the other area of perceived weakness could be to hold the midfielder. Gravenberch was exceptional in this role last season, officially crowned as the best young player in the Premier League, but you feel that it was just a short -term solution. The future of Dutch is surely a more advanced number 8.

As a result, the addition of Baleba with big money could finally see Liverpool replace Fabinho.

Since the Brazilian left following an extremely successful passage on the Merseyside, the Reds had a hard time replacing him.

Indeed, Fabinho was a rock at the time of Jurgen Klopp. After the start of the midfielder, the German told the club website that “Fab was for so long the assurance that we had in the midfield”.

The German continued: “He always gave us the freedom to play all the fantasy stuff. He was also involved in this from time to time, but liked to be the hoover for the team, liked to do all the dirty work for the team.”

Baleba is very cut in a similar fabric, but may have more power and energy. Described by data analyst Ben Mattinson as “one of the best field circles in the Premier League”, Brighton’s young jewel quickly became a force with which it is necessary to count.

In the words of the writer of Seagulls, Ryan Adsett, the young is a “power” and that appears in the statistics.

Comparison of Baleba in the 2024/25 campaign in Fabinho at its peak and there are similarities, associated with large differences.

The duo both ended their passes with the same degree of precision and made a similar number of plated and interceptions.

However, if we want to refer to this “central” nature, we can see that as regards the progression of the ball and lift the terrain, Fabinho is improved by the Brighton superstar.

It has a huge amount of energy in the locker and if Liverpool must sign a player with Fabinho’s defensive work rate, but Gravenberch’s progressive capacity, Baleba looks quite ideal.

Liverpool has larger priorities this summer, of course, but if the opportunity to sign the midfielder presents itself in the years to come, Reds must be everywhere.