Liverpool could swoop for a highly-rated Atalanta star to help bolster their midfield options…
Another name which became a hot topic on The Redmen TV’s Transfer Insight show with Dan Clubbe and Jack Gallagher was Atalanta midfielder Teun Koopmeiners. I’ll forgive you for not being able to pronounce his name but the Dutch international has been putting in some stellar performances this season.
Star of the Journo Insight show, Neil Jones from GOAL reported that Koopmeiners would be on his way out of Atalanta at the end of the season, which sparked some interest from the Reds during the January transfer window.
Now, Gallagher, of 90min, confirmed the claims and reiterated Koopmeiners’ likelihood of finding a new club this summer.
He said: “As for sellable assets go, I think he’s probably the most obvious, given his age and profile.”
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If the Anfield club are unable to secure the signatures of star-studded names like Alexis MacAllistar, and Mason Mount, then Koopmeiners could be the perfect addition to Jurgen Klopp’s squad. Atalanta have been scintillating in front of goal in recent years and the Dutchman has orchestrated much of the good for the Italian side.
Gallagher continued to back the move and was impressed by the Anfield club’s willingness to scour the market this summer.
“I think it’s good to see Liverpool interested in players like that it’s also good the see the diversity of their scouting network, they’ve been keeping tabs on players all around Europe.”
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You can’t ignore how good Atalanta have been in recent years. They’ve seemingly come from nowhere to start challenging for Champions League football, battling against some of the big guns in Serie A. They’ve become one of the league’s most fluent scorers, which is a positive sign for Liverpool fans if they were to go ahead with this signing. While he isn’t the world-beating star that all the supporters desire, Koopmeiners – who shares similar traits to the likes of Granit Xhaka, Nicolo Barella and Harvey Elliott (Fbref) – could prove himself to be a hidden gem, something Klopp’s side have found themselves accustomed to unearthing.
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