ACCORDING to The Metro, Liverpool have reignited their interest in Schalke defender Kyriakos Papadopolous, and have put forward a bid in the region of £12 million.
Reds boss Brendan Rodgers is still looking to bolster his ranks for next season, and after the signing of Luis Alberto and Iago Aspas in attack, the Northern Irishman is looking at add to Kolo Toure and goalkeeper Simon Mignolet to strengthen his defensive positions.
Rodgers has not cut back with his spending this summer, with the trio of Mignolet, Aspas and Alberto already adding up to a total of £23 million.
Despite this, it appears Rodgers does not have any qualms about spending even more money, with the boss preparing to toss another £12 million into the spending pot for Papadopolous, who has been a Liverpool target for some time.
Schalke are believed to be taking Liverpool’s bid into consideration, but it is widely suspected that they will ask the Reds to, at the very least, match the Greek international’s £19 million release clause before they can go any further.
Papadopolous, who is able to play across the back four, has long been touted as a replacement for Jamie Carragher, and at 21 years old he will have plenty of time to stake his claim.
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Pap has been injured since last November, a very risky buy.
Nistelrooy was injured when Fergie chased him and everyone feared he was injury prone. That Lucas has two long injuries in a short space doesn’t make him injury prone as his record show he has never been really injured until that one and he may never get a long term injury again. Its the nature of the injury and probability of recurrence that doctors will take into consideration. 12m for Papa? I will jump at him even if its 15 and he has. 60-40 chance of not getting injured again. That dude is a monster and would be worldclass in 2years.
How would you know ? You are a clueless kid , your previous posts prove that . Stop judging players on YouTube you clown !
Yea get him he his a gud player bt nt less dan 12 or15
i thing forget on Pap and sign Toby good option to fill the dept
….and also sign Eriksen…..
Never ignore d signing of ericksen before movng for another player, do nt bring in an injured player to anfield ds time around bcos it wl forfit our targeted goal settng. More over playng in champion league level is only way of bringing honour,glory back to anfield in foot ball history. Rodgers is d one dt can perfectise ds delegated assignment.Mind u we shouldnt lost any match ds season.Best of luck in our endeavours we wl never walk alone God wl help u thru
Go ahead !He is a great defender that will benefit us!
Exactly what its,papa is a great defender.go ahead rodgers and bring him to anfield
injuries donot matter what matter is age of the player 21 is perfect but Eriksen should be signed YNWA.
Dont understand why delay the Ericsen deal when we’ve been after him since last season?? Is there someone else better LFC looking at…Just worried Spurs sneak to him first.
Rodgers is NOT interested in eriksen . It’s not going to happen
Liverpool should react very fast and sign Eriksen before this month ends.
Sign Ericksen, Beanard, R. Meirele and Papadopolous n liverpool will pick d EPL dis season In Shaa Allah. YWNWA
is better to sign nd be in the champions league dat to sign nd remain at the bottom,BR do ur best,nd God be wit u.YWNL
Great work done BR,pls buy us enricken,bernard nd one defender inorda for our squad to b strong, pls dnt buy us injury player like assaidi,carrol,aqunali and make sure our man (suarez) stay.God bless u brendan Rodger
bomb.caroll is the best
mad people do not know how to write even a flop players name ; Aqunali instead of aquilani… buy eriksen and bring back xabi alonso and talents like morata… meanwhile you buy some knowledge
At 21, we can get a good number of years from him. As for the injury, I am sure the medical team will not sanction the signing if the chances of a full recovery are not great.
No liverpool no football…ynwa!
12m will not be enough but 16m might be. Excellent defender – get him
Rogers should look into signing a defensive midfielder,these attackers and defenders can wait for january transfer window as we enough of them to reach that period
The report suggests we are only buying and not selling. So far we have spent nothing net. Only investment or incredible coaching and management will get us out of our current position. Which one will it be?
Papa will be our own sparky!! He’s one scary dude! LFC should have been prepared regarding his injury..If he joins LFC,our defence will once again be a fortress.
I really wonder why is Liverpool FC taking so long to close this deal ??? If we continue to drag our feet o this one we may also lose him to another club.