Liverpool January transfer window look ahead
What do LFC need from the window in the new year?
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00:00 I'm here with Will Rooney of Liverpool World to discuss everything Liverpool and Everton as of late.
00:07 Will, let's start with Liverpool and let's look ahead to the January window.
00:11 I know a lot of fans have sort of been expecting a lot and there's a few bits of the Liverpool side that you could say that there are lacking in areas.
00:20 How do you sort of see them approaching the January window this year? Next year, sorry.
00:26 Yeah, I think only Jadon Clough will strengthen his size if he feels there's a player who will bolster Liverpool's options for now and for the future.
00:38 Liverpool, to be fair, they've spent money in the past two January windows.
00:43 In 2022, they went and got Luis Diaz for £37.5 million and then they went and got Kosey Kappel earlier this year for the best part of £40 million.
00:55 So it's not that Liverpool are afraid to spend money in January.
00:59 If the right player comes up, they think they can get him.
01:03 If they think that maybe they've got him earmarked for the summer, there might be a team that leapfrogs ahead of them.
01:10 Then they might move. I think that was sort of similar to what happened with Diaz in Tottenham.
01:15 And Man United's possibly want Kosey Kappel as well.
01:19 So if there's a player that Liverpool fancy, they think, right, they've come in and made a real difference, we'll go and get them.
01:25 But Jadon Clough, as he said, after John Mata, Pindgy, Liverpool won't just go and spend money for the sake of it.
01:33 We know the owners fairly, I don't want to say frugal, I think that's the wrong word.
01:40 I think they're quite methodical in how they spend money and they think these deals are right for us, so we'll go and get them.
01:47 The manager wants them, so we trust the management team.
01:51 But Jadon Clough as well is on the same game sheet as the owners, really.
01:55 If they're poor workmanship, I think you're looking at maybe potentially that new Holden McPhail.
02:02 I don't think that has been sourced quite yet.
02:04 I mean, Sarrowend's all in the draw against Man United.
02:07 I thought he was better in the out-run in recent weeks, to be honest with you.
02:10 He was better on the ball, quicker.
02:13 He's been a little bit ponderous in the previous couple of games, but he was better on it.
02:18 But is he the solution or is he the long-term solution as well?
02:21 I don't know. Alex McAllister's obviously injured.
02:24 Is he a real number six that you want?
02:27 Does Jadon Clough potentially, like he's been doing so, move to Alexander-Arnold in their payment?
02:33 Does he go and get a new right-back if he was going to bolster his options again?
02:38 And then in central defence, say, Joe Mata out now for the remainder of the season.
02:45 So they've got four options of the minute fit, and potentially Naf Philips is returning from Celsius in January.
02:52 His loan runs out. OK. He hasn't exactly thrived up north of the border, but he is another option.
02:59 He could come in and strengthen numbers at least.
03:02 And then the future of Fabio Carvalho's up in the air as well.
03:06 He's had a disappointing loan spell at RB Leipzig, really struggled to get going there at the German side.
03:15 He might come back, but I think if he was to come back, Liverpool would be looking to loan him out again
03:20 to either another club in the Premier League or somewhere where he pretty much be guaranteed more minutes when he can develop,
03:26 because he is still only young. He had that superb season in the Championship a couple of years ago.
03:32 But I don't think it's going to be a massive January for Liverpool.
03:35 But I think we've seen the past couple of windows that can't rule out a big name arriving.