Liverpool eyeing audacious late swoop to sign £67m from Euro giants on Deadline Day - journalist.
Liverpool eyeing audacious late swoop to sign £67m from Euro giants on Deadline Day - journalist. Liverpool are showing a hint of urgency in the transfer market in the week prior to Deadline Day. With Giorgi Mamardashvili and Federico Chiesa’s signatures in the bag, they are reportedly after a defender with Joe Gomez’s future in doubt. According to journalist Francois Plateau, the Reds are ‘tracking’ Inter Milan star Alessandro Bastoni ahead of a possible deadline day swoop. The Italian is not the only player on their shortlist with Jarrad Branthwaite and Castello Lukeba also said to be targets. Bastoni has previously been linked with a move away from Internazionale but in order to fend off interest, he was slapped with a £67 million price tag. Branthwaite will also cost closer to the mark having been priced at £75 million earlier in the transfer window but Lukeba could be a slightly cheaper alternative. Bastoni move difficult for Liverpool Though Liverpool have showed ambi