
Liverpool sporting director Richard Hughes and his recruitment team are committed to picking up the best young talents from across the world to bolster the club’s supply line for the coming years.
While the focus will be on improving the quality of Arne Slot’s first team in the upcoming transfer windows, Liverpool are also keen to make sure that they continue to recruit the best young talents.
Liverpool scouts have been keeping tabs on several young players across the world as the club continue to push to bring in players who have a high ceiling but are yet to hit their peak development.
The club are also aware that there are prodigious young players who are even ready to be part of the first-team and the club are pushing to make sure that they are very much in the race for such starlets.
Liverpool are claimed to have identified such a talent in France who has been making waves with his performances in recent games.
The Reds are in the market for a 17-year-old midfielder
Ayyoub Bouaddi is from the latest line of French teenagers who are attracting gushing admiration from scouts across Europe.
The 17-year-old midfielder recently made waves with his performances for Lille against Juventus and Lyon and is on the watchlist of top European clubs.
According to CaughtOffSide, Liverpool are among the clubs who are interested in getting their hands on the teenager in the near future.
The Reds scouts have been keeping tabs on his performances and the club are pushing to try and take him to Anfield in the upcoming transfer windows.
However, competition for his signature is likely to be fierce as Arsenal and Chelsea also have their eyes on him and Bouaddi also has suitors in AC Milan and Juventus.
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Lille do not have any plans to sell him and given the interest he has been attracting, the club are planning to protect their interest by offering him a new deal.
However, there are concerns that Bouaddi could refuse to sign a new contract due to the interest from several top European clubs.
It has been claimed that it would take somewhere around €25m to €30m to get him out of Lille in the winter window or next summer if any club make a concrete move for him.
