Report: Liverpool eye short term deal for Daryl Janmaat

Liverpool have been supplied the prospect to signal Daryl Janmaat as short-term defensive cowl, according to reports from TeamTalk. 

The report claims that the Reds are ‘contemplating bringing’ the 31-year-old defender on board, with Liverpool’s harm disaster additional deepening.

The previous Newcastle United defender was launched by Watford on the finish of the 2019/20 season. He has been given a glowing reference by Gini Wijnaldum who not solely performs with him for Holland but additionally is aware of him nicely from their time at Newcastle.

Janmaat – who has recovered utterly from a knee harm – needs a deal till the top of the season, however he would welcome a short-term supply as nicely.

Liverpool defensive disaster 

The Reds suffered a large blow this week after Joe Gomez picked up a knee harm and he might not play once more this season.

Gomez was injured in coaching with the England squad on Wednesday. The 23-year-old didn’t endure ligament harm, however he has now undergone surgical procedure to restore a broken knee-tendon.

The club has confirmed that the England defender is expected to overlook the vast majority of the season. With Virgil van Dijk sidelined for a prolonged spell following cruciate ligament surgical procedure and Trent Alexander-Arnold additionally lacking for a month with a calf harm, Liverpool are in need of choices on the again.

Janmaat – who can play as a centre-back and in addition as a right-back – could possibly be a helpful possibility on a short-term deal.

Different choices and January window 

Liverpool will most likely use Fabinho on the again alongside Joel Matip, whereas the likes of Rhys Williams and Nathaniel Phillips may get extra recreation time.

Neco Williams and James Milner are potential choices for the right-back function.

Though the final notion among the many fans is that Liverpool desperately have to signal at the very least one high quality centre-back in January, the Athletic claims that the feeling around the club is that it’s too quickly to say whether or not they would spend or not within the subsequent switch window with budgets being tighter.

Leipzig’s Dayot Upamecano, Ozan Kabak of Schalke, and Brighton’s Ben White are among the gamers Liverpool may goal in January.