According to reports, RUBEN AMORIM has already selected his first three Liverpool additions, which include elite defenders to partner with Virgil van Dijk.
There is a rumored agreement in principle for the Sporting Lisbon manager to succeed departing manager Jurgen Klopp at the end of the current campaign.
Although these rumors have since been refuted by Liverpool sources, Amorim is still the clear favorite to take over at Anfield.
His team, Sporting, won the Triple Crown in 2021 and, most notably, eliminated Arsenal from the Europa League the previous season through penalties.
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With a game remaining, Sporting leads second-place Benfica by four points in the Primeira Liga of Portugal.
Jornal Noticias, a Portuguese news source, claims that Amorim is eager to bring some of his star players to Merseyside.
Goncalo Inacio and Ousmane Diomande are the top targets; both might strengthen the Reds’ defense, which is severely beset by injuries.
Amorim reportedly wants to bring Morten Hjulmand, a midfielder for Sporting who has been linked to a move to Tottenham, to Liverpool.
Inacio and Diomande, who have only lost two league games this season, have established an incredible center-back connection.
Along with captain Van Dijk, Amorim is apparently eager to have them both active at Anfield.
Along with Chelsea, both players have piqued the curiosity of title rivals Arsenal and Liverpool.
Right now, center back Important games have been missed by Ibrahima Konate due to a thigh issue, and Joel Matip had surgery after rupturing his ACL against Fulham in December.
In the meantime, Andy Robertson and Trent Alexander-Arnold, the full-backs, have missed a significant portion of the season due to injury.
However, the captain of Scotland did make a comeback to start his first Premier League match, a 2-2 tie at Old Trafford against Liverpool and Manchester United.
Three center backs who can all move into midfield and are at ease with the ball are part of Amorim’s system.
Darwin Nunez is the team’s No. 9, and the Portuguese manager would undoubtedly want to get the most out of him, as he has done with Sporting’s former Coventry star, Viktor Gyokeres, this season.
Since leaving the Championship team in the summer, the Swede has scored 28 goals across all competitions.
Although Xabi Alonso was initially favored to take over as manager at Anfield, the former midfield player has made his commitment to Bayer Leverkusen.