Liverpool continue to be linked with a January move for Torino star Andrea Belotti, and new reports this week suggest that Jurgen Klopp is serious about signing the Italian striker.
In Mid-September, TalkSport claimed:
"Liverpool are interested in [signing] Andrea Belotti...during the January transfer window. The Reds have been scouting him".
Soon after, Gazetta journalist Emanuele Giulianelli claimed:
"Arsenal and Liverpool are already eyeing him [Belotti] who is attracting a lot of important offers from around Europe".
According to an alleged Calciomercato exclusive today:
"Liverpool are planning to beat Arsenal to Andrew Belotti by making a €22m offer. Klopp wants him at Anfield".
Some info about Belotti:
* 22-year old striker, who can also play as a winger, or a second striker. Cost Torino €7.5m.
* Palermo/Torino: 32 goals/16 assists (48) in 105 apps (One every 117 mins). One appearance for the Italy national team. This season: 7 goals/assists in 5 games (one ever 54 mins).
* Oct 2013: According to Emiliano Mondonico (Belotti's manager at Albinoleffe): "He [Belotti] is a top-class player; a muscly striker with an eye for goal. He reminds me of Gianluca Vialli"
* Jun 2014: Italy U20 coach Alberigo Evani raved: "There are few like him. He does double duty: he is the first defender for the team, and always makes an important contribution".
Belotti clearly matches the Klopp transfer template: cheap; relatively unknown; a hard worker who appears to prioritise defensive duty, so he'll fit right in (if, of course, he can overcome the Anfield curse that always seems to afflict Italian players).
In Mid-September, TalkSport claimed:
"Liverpool are interested in [signing] Andrea Belotti...during the January transfer window. The Reds have been scouting him".
Soon after, Gazetta journalist Emanuele Giulianelli claimed:
"Arsenal and Liverpool are already eyeing him [Belotti] who is attracting a lot of important offers from around Europe".
According to an alleged Calciomercato exclusive today:
"Liverpool are planning to beat Arsenal to Andrew Belotti by making a €22m offer. Klopp wants him at Anfield".
Some info about Belotti:
* 22-year old striker, who can also play as a winger, or a second striker. Cost Torino €7.5m.
* Palermo/Torino: 32 goals/16 assists (48) in 105 apps (One every 117 mins). One appearance for the Italy national team. This season: 7 goals/assists in 5 games (one ever 54 mins).
* Oct 2013: According to Emiliano Mondonico (Belotti's manager at Albinoleffe): "He [Belotti] is a top-class player; a muscly striker with an eye for goal. He reminds me of Gianluca Vialli"
* Jun 2014: Italy U20 coach Alberigo Evani raved: "There are few like him. He does double duty: he is the first defender for the team, and always makes an important contribution".
Belotti clearly matches the Klopp transfer template: cheap; relatively unknown; a hard worker who appears to prioritise defensive duty, so he'll fit right in (if, of course, he can overcome the Anfield curse that always seems to afflict Italian players).
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