Liverpool In Talks To Sign Varela | £55 Million Release Clasue For Defensive Midfielder

what's up guys it's Tom and welcome to transfer deadline day and after Liverpool signed mad Ash and Kaza in the past 3 days we are expecting further activity in the transfer market for Liverpool because from Liverpool because Liverpool are still actively looking at an opportunistic defensive midfielder signing and that could be Alan Varela the defensive midfielder from FC Porto because multiple journalists in Portugal and in England are reporting that Liverpool have made inquiries and they have made contact with Porto and they have asked about Alan varella and Porto only want to sell him for his release clothes which is €65 million so here you can see Alan varela's scouting report but before we dive further deeper into this story make sure to leave a like because it really helps me out subscribe if you're new around here and turn on the Bell notifications so never miss the latest updates around Liverpool FC and varera is exactly what Liverpool are looking for a pass master deep Ling playmaker because pass is attempted he's in the top 4% among midfielders in the past one year compared in the top like 14 leagues and pass completion rate is 88% which is a top 12% for midfielders Progressive passes 7.4 per 90 minutes which again puts him in the top 11% however if Liverpool are looking for a destroyer which we are not then his tackles and interceptions are really lacking and blocks and clearances he's in the bottom half of all these metrics so defending is not necessarily his strongest point he's not a fabinho type of player but zuie Mani wasn't a fabinho type of player zui was a pmas like Alan verel so he fits the profile of what Liverpool are looking for of course you have to take into account these numbers come from the Portuguese league and Varela is one of the most important players for Porto so Liverpool leaving this this transfer very late isn't ideal because Porto categorically refus to sell Varela for less than his release close some people like Julio pavoni reported that Porto priced him as at 75 million which is 9 million e but that's not true fabit Sano later debunked that and has said that his res close is only 65 million and another have said Liverpool made the last effort for Alan Varela informal talks happened with Porto but Porto want the full release Clause but fait Mano concurred saying that his release Clause is 65 million which is around 5556 million pounds which I think is reasonable we bid 51 million for zuie Mandy so that money is still aailable still there and if alen Varela fits the profile of what anes slot is looking for I think I think Liverpool should go for this transfer and just pay the release clo don't mess about like we did with zuie Mandy trying to do a payment structure with radad and that gave R soad enough time to convince Zu meni not to join Liverpool it's transfer deadline days so Liverpool have to act quick and Fa Sano said that he really Clos is 54 55 million pound 65 million e so just pay the £55 million release close and get him on the first plane to Liverpool so we can get the medical and paperwork done another Portuguese journalist is saying that Liverpool wanted to make a move and sign a verella but couldn't because Porto declared him non-transferable in this market and made it known that they want to improve his contract which expires in 2028 but PTO can't actually make him non-transferable he they can just say either you pay the r CLA or you are not getting the players so I think Liverpool should just pay the £ 55 million pound release clause and Lis frosi made a counter claim to this saying that Liverpool have actually made an official bid for Porto Alan varella The two clubs have been in talks since April I don't I don't really believe the second part I mean if Liverpool are in talks with capto since April why do we do we wait until the last day of the transfer window but that's how rich hes actually operates if you look at this transfers at BAM many many transfers happened on the last week of the transfering though so Richard Hughes likes to leave it late because there are a lot of opportunities in the last few days of the transfering though and I think the fact that James Pier said Liverpool are not planning a late move for varella doesn't mean anything because he said the same about mad dashy you know before Liverpool signed mamad James smer said Liverpool have been monitoring mamad but they are not looking to recruit a goalkeeper in this window what an absolute load of nonsense James Pierce doesn't know anything that Liverpool Football Club officially doesn't want out into the media so he's just you know debunking transfer stories and he's reacting to transfer rumors but he he only posts stuff that Liverpool Football Club want directly out in the media so Liverpool want to play it cool because we don't want to enter into a scenario where multiple clubs bid the release close of Varela and then we have to fight for him so hopefully Liu can close this deal behind closed doors and actually reveal the signing on transfer deadline day how could how cool would that be fa Sano said that varela's R Clos 65 million and Porto will only sell if this release Clos is triggered but at the moment no official bid from Liverpool and no contact is happening right now this was this morning but Liverpool can still make a late move for verella if there are no other Alternatives and I think we absolutely have to because I still rate this transfer Indo as a five out of 10 10 transfering though maybe four out of 10 if I'm really harsh the main concerns were we needed to sign Robertson's replacement we need to sign Robertson as a replacement sooner or later maybe that's not like very urgent but yeah Robertson and Simas don't fill me with too much confidence we need a left-sided Center back to deputize for Virgin Van Dyke as well but that's not like an very urgent matter as well but we absolutely needed a world class defensive Midfield there for 2 years now since fabinho left Liverpool and we still haven't signed anyone which shows a lack of ambition from Liverpool's uh point of view in my opinion if Liverpool had true ambition to win the title we would do absolutely everything to sign somebody like Bruno gimes who yes we had to pay maybe 100 million for him but that would instantly make Liverpool one of the favorites for the premier league title and why wouldn't you give arest Lord the best possible chance to win the title because we have the Firepower to do so but if konate gets a long-term injury or if graen gets injured then Liverpool will be short and they will be in big trouble anot said that he has he's not expecting any incomings of at Liverpool but a number of youngsters will be heading out on loan but anot also said that if there is an opportunity in the market then we will go for it by chti will be confirmed to go on loan to salsburg and bendo can Gordon are attracting interest from the championship they will be going out alone Ned Phillips is hoping to secure a temporary move uh you know Gomez and kahare has been subject of interest from other clubs but I don't think uh you know Liverpool would sell either of them with no replacement lined up nothing on for has had actually a Cash Plus player bid rejected for kahare yesterday and it would take a much bigger offer to test rol's resolve because nothing on for bid some money plus Matt Turner and they didn't come close to Liverpool's 25 to 30 million pound valuation for kahare obviously and naam Forest wouldn't go that high naam Forest are now moving on to other targets but I also wanted to say how excited I am about the kza transfer because the transfer fee is so low it's 11 million pound I'm in a league one Club Birmingham city are paying a similar amount 10 million for Jay Stanfield who is a young Reserve Striker at fulam and that is absolutely crazy that that third division English clubs are paying the same transfer fee as Kaza of course K's wages are much higher than that guy I slot said that Curtis Jones is the only player who we missed the Man United game and that's a little bit concerning that Curtis Jones again it looks like is injury prone this season as well um and Hest lot said on kazas history with injuries yes he had a long-term injury with his ACL but the rest are just small injuries we have a lot of trust in our performance stuff he's one of our Wingers we have and ke is a wheel train and he could be included in the squad against man united it's not likely but it's a possibility I'm excited we brought him in onot set he can play on the right on the left through the middle it's an interesting signing we should take care with him we will build him up in the right way and hopefully see his quality in the near future and arest said we are happy with the ones we signed as it was difficult to make the team even stronger kiaa is someone who can help us for the short term and Mama Dash is an example of protecting the long-term future of the club and if we see an opportunity we could act in the transfer market the Madan Kea transfers are brilliant it's very they are very low transfer fees for worldclass players or players like madash who has the potential to become world class but ultimately we must call this window for what it is a lack of ambition once again from Liverpool Football Club the frustrating thing as always with Liverpool is we are so close we have probably the biggest Firepower up front with six absolutely brilliant attackers all different with different skill sets so we can score probably the most goals in the Premier League or close to the most goals in the Premier League but our Midfield and our defense needed reinforcing especially our Midfield and Liverpool are putting a lot of trust into grack developing into defensive number six a deep lineing playmaker who are who is capable of playing against top of tough opposition grain's biggest test so far will be the man united game and also Liverpool are putting a lot of trust into Robertson keeping fresh and in form we should rotate him with Simas to keep Robertson fresh and also jot and konate staying fit Liverpool are trusting Ona slot's new regime of keeping players fit for longer maybe slots like calmer playing style more calculated possession Style game will help Liverpool not sustain as many injuries around the ugan club but still it's a risk not signing a defensive midfielder and that's why Liverpool kept dler Morton as an insurance poliy and if Liverpool don't sign any more players it's a very disappointing especially as there has been quite a lot of transfer windows in recent years where Liverpool have left themselves short it seems ug klopp is very happy with the sorry anes slot is very happy with the squad and I just hope that him and anes slot's team manage the squad well so we will keep the injuries very low because if Liverpool suffer long-term injuries to key players then our season will derail once again and I think other clubs like Arsenal strengthened much better than Liverpool and arsenal were already a better Squad than Liverpool so it will be very very difficult to finish above Arsenal and Man City I mean if if we signed Bruno gimes that would be I think a different story now let's talk about Liverpool's Champions League draw finally because it's a one of the toughest draws that I have ever seen a team get in champions league history this is not like a group but like a big group of 36 teams and Liverpool will play eight different teams which is a welcome change I like this new format but we play Real Madrid and leig from part one and I like it that we play the hardest the the strong teams at home because I think Real Madrid are stronger than leig in pot one Leverkusen are stronger than AC Milan in pot two Li are on a similar level to PSV and bologna I think are stronger than shirona so we played the stronger team as at home so Real Madrid liver Lil and bolog at Enfield and leig AC PSV Jona away from home and these are all very very tough teams very tough games possibly from every part Liverpool got two the strongest teams I like it that we got lipic from pot one because we could have had Paris sgain or like Bayern Munich or somebody crazy like that so I like it that it's actually leig and not somebody crazy like PSG or or Bayern Munich but um you know from partt 4 two of the strongest teams bologna and jiron up from pot three Le and PSV are also very very strong uh so this will be an absolutely gruelling uh group stage compare that with man cities Jo Man City got Sparta Prague slovan Brisa Club Bru who are all weaker than the other teams that Liverpool get fanor the sporting Juventus PSG inter actually are pretty strong teams Juventus PSG and Inter will be the fre tough games for Man City and Arsenal also got a pretty comfortable draw you know from P two they got very lucky that they got shakar and Damo Zagreb from potf free but they also got Monaco and Jona from pot four so Arsenal have a tougher draw than Man City and let's look at Austin Villa's draw which is also very very tough they also will play leig and bologna just like Liverpool but from you know but they got Bayern Munich Juventus bologna Monaco and leig five very very tough games but I still expect auson Villa not to finish in the bottom eight and actually go through the playoffs and because Liverpool got such a tough draw they will not probably finish in the top eight which means a further two fixtures in the Champions League before the round of 16 even begins so Liverpool would need to play 17 games to get to the final just in the Champions League alone instead of 13 games in the previous format and here you can see all the rest of the parts uh so before I close out this video you can pause any time and look at each and every one I think out of all the teams Liverpool got the toughest draw I don't see another team having as big as many big teams as many strong teams against them but let me know what they think in the comments below and thanks for watching guys hope you enjoyed this have a nice day see you later goodbye [Music]