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Despite the Addition of Florian Wirtz This Summer, Liverpool Have Been Aggressive in Their Efforts to Improve Arne Slot‘s backline.
The Reds Certainly We’t AWful At The Back in 2024/25, But with Trent Alexander-Arnold heading to Real Madrid, Signing Jeremie Frimpong Was A Necessity.
At Left-Back, Milos Kerkez is set to arrive, replacing Andy Robertson Whose Best Years Look Beyond Him.
At Center-Back, They May Require A Replacement For French Defender Ibrahima Kate. He’s Wanted by Real Madrid and An Exit Grows More Likely.
How Liverpool Could Replace Kate
Kindo Enjoyed A Fabulous Season For The Reds, Partnering Virgil Van Dijk in Expert Fashion.
While The Dutchman Eventually Signed A New Contract Anfield, He May Not Be Joined by His Partner Too Much for Too Much.
Recent Reports Suggest That Real Madrid Are Interested in Prizing The French Defender From Liverpool But There Further Interest From Clubs in Saudi And Champions League Winners, PSG.
So, With That In Mind, Liverpool Have Geen Seekeng Alternatives. Crystal Palace’s Marc Guehi has been earmarkedAs Too has RB Leipzig’s Castello Lekeba.
That’s According to Journalist Lewis Steele Who Revealed on His YouTube Channel That “Leipzig at Leipzig Could Be One to Watch, It’s Clear Liverpool Have Kept An Eye Him.”
Steele Added: “I’ve been Told Liverpool at Many Rb Leipzig Games This Season. He could be to be One As well to Terms of Liverpool Trying to Get The Best Young Defenders on The Market.”
Why Lukeba could be Better Than Guehi for Liverpool
While Wirtz Signing for Liverpool Was Certainly The Week Out of The Week Out of Merseyside, News That The Reds Could Make a Move For Guehi Was The Second Hottest Topic.
Towards The Week It Was Revealed That Richard Hughes and Co. Set to Launch to the Bid to the England International This Summer, While Reports Semca Lot Liverpool Are Now Closing In An Agreement on Personal Terms. Whether or Not He Join Ths Summer Remains to Be Seen.
Valued at £ 70m by crystal Palace, he could availer, considering Hey Has a year Left HIS HIS CONTRACT SELHURST Park But guehi is a year and leave on a free transfer IF NOW.
Premier League Proven and Having Captained The Eagles, There is Very Little Risk Attached to His Deal. Yet, Could Liverpool actually sign a player with Bigger Potential in Leke? Quite possibly.
Said to Be Previously The “Best U21 CBS in Europe’s Top 5 Leagues” and described As “One of the Best Defensive Prospects in World Football” By Data Analyst Ben MattinsonThe Frenchman, Who is Now Still 22, has a Skillset That Perfectly Encapsulates a Modern Defender.
Like a Jorel Hato, a Josko Gvardiol, Lekeba Possesses to Be Able To Play As A Hybrid Center-Back and Left-Back. That Level of Versatility Already Trumps Guehi, Who is More of a Traditional Center-Half.
The Skillset That 22-Year-Old Provides, Howwever, Is Also Incredibly Exciting. He Possesses Excellent Ball-Playing Ability, The Best Ranking Inside The Best 20% Defenders in Europe’s Big Leagues Passes. He’s Supremely Comfortable With The Ball His Feet, Also Sitting Among Top 1% of Center-Backs for Progressive Carries.
A carry is considered to the ball is moved towards the Opponent’s Goal at Least 10 Yards From Starting Point or Carried Into The Penalty Area.
He’s Truly Elite In This Department Allready, The As The Rank Fourth Most Progressive U21 Center Half During Europe 2023/24.
Lukeba vs Guehi in 2024/25 (League Only) | ||
|---|---|---|
Metric (per 90 mins) | Luka king | Guehi |
Pass Completion% | 85.1% | 83.5% |
Key Passes | 0.23 | 0.47 |
Passes Into Final 3rd | 5.14 | 3.91 |
Progressive Passes | 4.57 | 3.94 |
Progressive Carries | 1.03 | 0.65 |
Successful take-ons | 1.14 | 0.35 |
Tackles won | 0.97 | 1.00 |
Interceptions | 0.97 | 0.82 |
Aerials won | 1.49 | 2.00 |
Stats Via Fbref. | ||
When comparing The Two Defenders’ Numbers, It’s Clear to See Just How Much More Progressive Lekeba Is. Guehi Is Certainly Comfortable On The Ball, But The Leipzig Star is Next Level When It Comes To Advancing Withward Possession.
Crucially, That Doesn’t come at The Expense of His Defensive Duties Either. Despite Not Ranking Highly Won Aerials Won, As Far As Tackles Are Concerned, There’s Not That Much Of A Difference. Lekeba Even Makes more interceptions per 90 minutes.
So, While Might Well Be A Proven England International With Premier League Experience, Liburba has a Special Profile and Boasts All Of The Finest One of the finest Center-backs in Europe.
