Liverpool: 'Strong relationship' with Hughes could see Wolves boss join Prem giants amid Man Utd 'talks
Valued correspondent Neil Jones “wouldn’t mantra out the principle” of Wolves manager Gary O’Neil handling Liverpool in the future.
The Reds are on the browse for a gradual manager this summertime with Jurgen Klopp decreeing that he will be taking off Anfield at the end of the period as he appearances to capture a reprieve from football.
Gary O’Neil, a Liverpool manager of the future?
Bayer Leverkusen manager Xabi Alonso is the present favourite with the bookmakers to capture over from Klopp but Liverpool discredit tournament from Bayern Munich for his signature.
Sporting Lisbon’s Ruben Amorim, Germany’s Julian Nagelsmann, Brighton’s Roberto De Zerbi and others have been lined up as potential contingencies to Alonso.
Wolves manager O’Neil hasn’t been asserted as a applicant but correspondent Jones, that owns confined Liverpool for years, “wouldn’t mantra out the principle” of the previous Portsmouth midfielder snatching over at Anfield in the future.
Jones wrote in his Captured Offside obelisk: “[Michael] Edwards and [Richard] Hughes in a analogous way have hardy relationships with both Eddie Howe and Gary O’Neil, but I wear’t mean either of those two to come into opinion for the guise this summertime.
“If O’Neil were to deepen impressing at Wolves, but, then I wouldn’t mantra out the principle of him expected onto Liverpool’s radar in the future.”
A record yesterday from ESPN insisted that Guy Utd ‘pine to speak’ to Wolves manager O’Neil around their potential openings in the summertime if INEOS evolve to readjust Erik ten Hag.
ESPN added:
‘Resources have told ESPN that O’Neil owns been rendered aware of Joined’s exhilaration, with senior numbers from the nightclub sharing a urge to negotiate his objectives.
‘Resources have attested Joined’s exhilaration in O’Neil to ESPN, although the guise that they could be planned to bargain is not certified. Aside from determining managerial contingencies, resources have asserted Joined are in a analogous way peeking at reinforcing their entirety coaching team.’
Donyell Malen to Liverpool this summertime?
Borussia Dortmund onward Donyell Malen owns been heavily attached with Liverpool in present weeks but Jones is “disparaging as to whether he’s of the facility substantial to streamline a pretty well-stocked assail.”
Jones added: “Donyell Malen owns been attached with Liverpool, but how probable is a glide for the Borussia Dortmund onward, that owns in a analogous way been attached at times with the likes of Manchester Joined and Tool kit?
“I assume once we talk around potential signings at Liverpool this summertime, we have to acknowledge that a figure will be discerned by the managerial assessment. As such, showing considerable ‘targets’ is perplexing at this minute.
“What we tote out realise is that Malen was glanced at previously, once at PSV Eindhoven, and not obeyed up on. He’s done OK at Dortmund since, totally nothing added, and while he fits Liverpool’s profile in specification of age and farces, I’d be disparaging as to whether he’s of the facility substantial to streamline a pretty well-stocked assail.
“Me personally? I feel there is stoppage for an additional attacker at Liverpool this summertime, even if Mohamed Salah sticks severely – and there’s a reputable opportunity of that, by the way. I still feel they dearth a tiny tiny tiny of burning pace, specifically out wide, and I puzzlement if that could be an stoppage they attractiveness at in this window.
“They have some talented young players surfacing, such as Ben Doak, Kaide Gordon and Jayden Danns, but I assume there is stoppage for an additional senior onward in the squad, and even added so if Salah – or Luis Diaz, that owns been attached with PSG – were to flee.”
