Raul Jimenez is the latest striker being linked with a summer move to Liverpool according to reports.
The Mexican international has been in superb form for the Midlands club during this season scoring 26 goals in all competitions including 17 in the league.
Coming to the end of his second season for Nuno Espírito Santo’s top six side, Jimenez has a very impressive rate of 43 goals in just 96 appearances.
Wolves initially had the 29 year-old on loan, but turned that into a permanent deal last summer paying Benfica around £30million.
Jimenez who can cause defenders all sorts of problems with his physicality and ability to being teammates into play as well as his finishing is a hot property across Europe.
The Express (via The Transfer window podcast) signalled that there is an interest by Liverpool but that Wolves are a very difficult team to deal with and would want top dollar.
Duncan Castles from the podcast is reported as saying:
“I can see why there would be interest from Liverpool and the player because of the way he has performed for Wolves.
“There is a lot of competition there, he is first-choice for Juventus if they manage to dump Gonzalo Higuain in the current market pace and raise sufficient revenue from transfers.
“This will not be a cheap deal, Wolves paid a lot of money for Raul Jimenez to get him from Benfica. He is paid a very good salary there.
"They know his value, they're a tough club to buy players from and I'm not sure whether Fenway Sports Group are prepared to back Klopp in the manner which would be required financially to get Jimenez from Wolves.
“While there is an interest, an undertsandable interest, it will be an interesting test of how much support FSG are prepared to give Klopp going into this next season to defend that Premier League title."
After rejecting the chance to sign a younger player in Timo Werner, it is hard to see the club forking out big coin to sign a player close to 30.
While the form of Roberto Firmino has been questioned by some, he is instrumental in what Liverpool do so well and beloved by coaches, players and fans alike.
Jimenez would be absolutely ideal as a complimentary player, but as someone who is at the peak of their powers, he certainly wouldn’t join a club to be second fiddle.
So mark this rumour as unlikely in the extreme.
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