With every passing day, there’s a rising sense that Milos Kerkez will quickly be a Liverpool participant.
Fabrizio Romano has stated {that a} swoop for the Bournemouth defender could possibly be ‘the subsequent one’ for the Reds after clinching a deal for Jeremie Frimpong and amid the extremely promising pursuit of Florian Wirtz.
Feedback made by Andy Robertson and Justin Kluivert on internatinal obligation this week additionally appeared to trace on the likelihood of the 21-year-old swapping the Vitality Stadium for Anfield sooner somewhat than later, and Kopites have been additional assured of the kind of participant they could possibly be getting within the Cherries’ quantity 3.
Kerkez has elicited ‘wonderful’ character references
The Day by day Mail’s Lewis Steele posted a video on his eponymous YouTube channel on Tuesday night time during which he addressed Liverpool’s pursuit of Kerkez, and two feedback specifically shall be music to the ears of Reds supporters.
Firstly, the journalist claimed that it’s ‘fairly apparent’ that the proposed switch ‘will occur quickly’, corroborating the aforementioned replace from Romano.
He additionally shared an perception into what the Hungarian is like behind the scenes, and the testimony was glowing: “I used to be on the telephone right now for about 20 minutes (with somebody) who is aware of Kerkez very effectively, and truthfully, the character references he’s received are wonderful when it comes to his persona.”
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Kerkez appears splendid for Liverpool each on and off the pitch
Anybody who’s watched Bournemouth repeatedly over the previous couple of years will pay attention to the left-back’s qualities on the pitch – the bombastic sprints alongside the touchline, the overlapping runs which pose issues for the opposition, the flexibility to pick an inch-perfect cross, the clever positional sense when defending.
Nonetheless, a footballer’s behaviour away from the general public eye is each bit as necessary as what they produce on matchday. All of the expertise on the earth can’t atone for a problematic perspective which poses a transparent and current hazard to dressing room concord.
Not each signing that Liverpool have remodeled the previous decade has been a roaring success, however one factor the Anfield hierarchy consistently get proper is the recruitment of gamers who match seamlessly into the group dynamic, even when their game-time is sparse (Wataru Endo and Federico Chies are prime examples).
It additionally helps to have real leaders equivalent to Virgil van Dijk, Mo Salah and Andy Robertson who set the requirements daily in coaching and gained’t settle for something lower than whole dedication from their teammates.
From what Steele has stated, it appears that evidently gained’t be a problem with Kerkez if the Hungarian joins the Reds within the coming days, and up to date historical past means that FSG wouldn’t have gone close to the 21-year-old if that they had any reservations about his character.
It was Richard Hughes who oversaw the left-back’s transfer to Bournemouth two years in the past when he was sporting director on the Vitality Stadium, so he’ll already learn about what the participant is like behind the scenes.
That mixture of a excessive ceiling when it comes to his footballing aptitudes and a first-class perspective away from matchday would make him the proper Liverpool signing!
