Klopp turns his attention towards a 22-year old Madrid star

Jul 20, 2016 at 1:51 PM

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Klopp turns his attention towards a 22-year old Madrid star

Jurgen Klopp seems to be in search of more and more quality players to improve the Liverpool squad he took to two Cup finals in his first year in charge at Anfield.

In the past, the Reds were linked with a move for Croatian midfield prodigy Mateo Kovacic who ended up at Real Madrid last summer in a £26million deal from Inter Milan.

However, the 22-year old has not been able to cement his place in the team under the new manager Zinedine Zidane and the manager is now happy to let him along with a few other stars in the squad who might not get enough chances leave this summer.

The attacking midfielder made a huge impact on the EUROs in France in his country colours but is now set to be a subject of transfer talks between Real Madrid and Liverpool.

The Spanish giants are reportedly close to bringing Portugal star Andre Gomes on a £50m move to the club this summer and it is eyed as the end of the 22-year old’s stint at Real Madrid.

Jurgen Klopp, who is still in the transfer market searching for some quality, especially after deciding to axe up to 6-first team players this summer, has now turned his attention to the Croatian international.

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Kovacic managed just the 25 appearances in all competition in Spain lasts season and is understood to be happy to stay at the club and fight for his place and has reportedly returned early to Spain to resume training with the squad. But a move to an ambitious project like Liverpool will surely make his think twice.

The likes of Joe Allen, Jordan Henderson and James Milner are already fighting for that place in the squad in the midfield but the Croat is an upgrade on all those names and can help Liverpool to a top-4 finish come, the end of the next season.

Kovacic has so far made 29 appearances for his country and is an experienced midfielder even at his age. The fact that Real Madrid wants him in their team speaks volume of his potential but at his age, the 22-year old needs regular game time under his belt which he may not be able to get in La Liga.

However, at Liverpool, if Klopp decides to spill the cash on him, he will surely walk into the first team and will have an extended spell playing for Liverpool in almost every game.

Liverpool hardly needs too much depth in the squad but they want to make sure that they can go into the next season with the strongest squad and build on it next summer.

Do you think Mateo Kovacic will move to Liverpool this summer?

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