Liverpool are expecting a quite January transfer window but they are prepared to be flexible if a long-term target becomes available for a transfer in the middle of the season.
The Merseyside giants are almost certain to bring in midfield reinforcements if they decide to spend some cash in the January transfer window.
Liverpool didn’t sign a midfielder last summer and if Wataru Endo moves on in the winter window, they could dip into their funds to bring in a replacement despite his limited role under Arne Slot this season.
The Reds are keen to continue to invest in young talents and want to be ahead of the queue if one of their long-term midfield targets becomes available in the market.
Liverpool have had their eyes on a teenage prodigy in the Championship who has been termed the greatest talent the second tier has seen since Jude Bellingham.
Reds target will not leave in January
Chris Rigg has been turning heads in the Championship since last season in Sunderland colours and is destined for one of the bigwigs of the Premier League.
Manchester United are pushing hard to do a deal for him but Liverpool are also in the race and the Reds are interested in taking him to Anfield.
A move in January has been mooted but according to TBR Football, Rigg is unlikely to leave Sunderland in the January transfer window.
The Black Cats sit at the summit of the Championship table and expect to be in the race for promotion in the latter half of the season.
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Rigg is a key player and Sunderland do not want to jeopardise their promotion hopes by selling him in the middle of the season.
Sunderland are convinced that the 17-year-old will be massive for them if they are to get promoted back to the Premier League.
The teenage midfielder is also happy at Sunderland and is not considering leaving the club in the winter transfer window.
Liverpool will have to wait until the summer if they want to make a move for the young midfielder but his price could go through the roof if Sunderland get promoted to the Premier League.
