According to TEAMtalk, Liverpool are competing with Real Madrid, PSG, Manchester United and Chelsea for Lille’s teenage defender Lenny Yoro. United are keen to strengthen this unit after Joel Matip’s cruciate ligament injury in January and Yoro is seen as a “big target”. Liverpool have been big fans of the 18-year-old for several years and have been following him for “many years”. But many of Europe’s elite are now hot on his trail, with French giants PSG said to have already linked up with those around him.
The move to the capital seems to be of interest to the players.Elsewhere, Real are ‘huge’ fans but could miss out as they prefer to wait until the summer, while Yoro is also on United and Chelsea’s shortlist. Lille don’t want to lose him mid-season, but appear willing to negotiate if he receives a $57 million offer.Yoro has played in 14 of 17 Ligue 1 games for fifth-placed Lille this season. He made his debut for the France Under-21 team in September and has now played in four matches.
Jurgen Klopp has highlighted Curtis Jones’ weaknesses. Liverpool midfielder Curtis Jones “needs to step up his game”, his manager Jurgen Klopp has said. Jones scored twice on Wednesday night to help Liverpool beat West Ham 5-1 and progress to the Carabao Cup semi-finals, where they face Fulham, but Klopp still has room for improvement.”Sometimes it doesn’t speed up the game,” he said in a post game interview. We’ll tell him. He looked very sharp. Looks very good.
Jones will be hoping he has done enough to secure the Reds a starting place against title rivals Arsenal on Saturday night.
