Rafael Benítez opens up about Arne Slot (Credits: Imago Images)
Liverpool are marching towards winning the Premier League this season, but they are prepared to back Arne Slot’s vision to take the squad to the next level in the summer. The Reds boss wants to add a world-class midfielder that the club failed to deliver last summer, and his eyes are on someone who has been a star in the Champions League this season.
Slot is already clear about wanting to revamp the Liverpool attack next season, and is open to selling Darwin Nunez, Luis Diaz and Diogo Jota in the summer to raise funds for younger replacements.
The Liverpool manager is also keen to ensure that they bring in a world-class centre-back as the long-term replacement for Virgil van Dijk while he is still at the club.
He was pushing for a midfielder last summer, and Liverpool are now pressing forward to get ahead in the race for a player who has been brilliant in the Champions League this season.
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Liverpool want a €100m midfielder in the summer
Nicolo Barella has been on the radar of several Premier League clubs over the years, but he has yet to decide to leave Inter Milan, where he feels at home.
He was again instrumental in the middle of the park as Inter beat Bayern Munich in the first leg of the Champions League quarter-final in Bavaria this week.
Several Premier League sides are interested in him, but according to Gazzetta dello Sport, Liverpool are the ones who are leading the chase ahead of the summer.
The Reds are pushing to sign him, but it has been claimed that he is likely to say no to the Merseyside giants in the next window.
He is happy at Inter and would only leave the Nerazzurri if Bayern Munich come calling in the summer.
Inter do not want to sell him, but are prepared to entertain offers that touch the €100m mark.
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