Liverpool have identified Portuguese star Matheus Nunes as a target as part of their midfield rebuild.
The quest for fresh blood in the middle part of the pitch has seen a number of players linked with Jude Bellingham undoubtedly the jewel in the crown.
Understandably, Liverpool are far from being the only club in the race for such a elite talent, and therefore the club is wise to not put all their eggs in the Bellingham basket and cast their net wider.
Nunes is a player who has been on the radar of the Reds for a little while now and were one of the clubs interested in his services before he joined Wolves from Sporting Lisbon in the summer for a club record of £38 million.
Despite being seeing as one of the hottest prospects on the market, the 24 year old has really struggled to impose himself on any of Wolves games.
To this point of time, Nunes is yet to register a goal and contributed just one assist in this campaign, albeit the Midlands club are the lowest scorers in the Premier League this season, currently sit second bottom on the table and recently undergone a change in management.
Nunes has spoken about his underwhelming start to life in the Premier League saying recently;
“I want to be better than I was in the last six months, and I think these first six months of 2023 are going to be better individually for me. I have that in my mind and I’m pretty sure that I’m going to show that.”
Whether he shows that improvement in form at his current club or indeed at Liverpool is up for debate with The Telegraph (via the Mirror) saying that the move to Wolves was only seen to be a short term adaption measure and he would be free to move to a bigger club once he was truly settled. The plan from the Liverpool hierarchy was to bid again at that point of time.
The report also says that if it plays out the way Liverpool would like, the plan is for Nunes to stay with Wolves for the rest of the season and the fee will be around the £44 million mark.
While it has not gone truly to script for the attacking midfielder at this point of time, the fact is that Liverpool are still seemingly very keen to get a deal over the line.
And If it does come off, it could be another sneaky piece of smart business that Liverpool has made an art form of in the past.
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