Liverpool sporting director Richard Hughes is tasked with the job of improving a title-winning squad this summer. He has been setting up several deals ahead of the next window, but it seems a decision has been made on one of the club’s major transfer targets.
Arne Slot wants a substantial revamp of the squad, and the club are prepared to back him with funds to bring in as many as five new signings this summer.
The Liverpool manager’s focus is on improving the team’s forward line, but he also wants defensive reinforcements to have more options in his squad next season.
The Reds have been keeping tabs on several centre-backs, but it seems Liverpool have made a major decision on one of the club’s top transfer targets ahead of the next window.
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Premier League star on the club’s final shortlist
Nottingham Forest centre-back has been linked with a move to Liverpool since the last winter transfer window, but some of that talk has cooled down in recent months.
It appeared Liverpool were focusing on getting their hands on Bournemouth defender Dean Huijsen, who has a £50m release clause in his contract.
However, it seems Chelsea have the edge in the race to sign the Spaniard, and according to DaveOCKOP, the Reds are pushing hard to sign Murillo from Nottingham Forest.
He is very much on Liverpool’s final shortlist going into the transfer window, and the club are trying to take him to Anfield in the summer.
At 22, he is seen as the perfect age for a big move to Liverpool, and is one of the coveted centre-backs after playing a major role in Nottingham Forest’s astonishing rise this season.
Forest are likely to demand somewhere around £70m before agreeing to sell one of their best players this summer.
