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Liverpool May Well Be Lining Up An Explosive Late Move for Alexander Isak in The Ongoing Transfer Market But Arne Slot and co, Further Strengthening The Forward Line Should Not Be The Priority.
After all, Despite Adding Milos Kerkez and Jeremie Frimpong to Their Ranks, The Reds’ Defense Looks Worse Than It Did Last Season.
Trent Alexander Arnold and Jarell Quansah Have Both Left, Joe Gomez is injured and ibou Knee Could Follow To Real Madrid.
As A Result, Slot has Had to Tinker With His Backline During Pre-Season. The Likes of Wataru Endo, Ryan Gravenberch and Young Trey Nyoni Have All Played in the Center of Recent Matches.
With Liverpool Dreaming of Retaining Their Premier League Title This Season, They Need Someone to Partner van Dijk.
Liverpool’s Search for a New Center-Half
In the Center of Defense, The Reds Have Had Two Main Targets This Summer.
They prizing at them first looked Dean Huijsen from Away From Bournemouth But the Left Left Frustrated by Madrid Yet Again. The Spaniard Only Wanted Real and He Headed Back To His Homeland.
Marc Guehi Another Priority Target for Liverpool and According to Reports, They Set to Step Up Their Pursuit of The Crystal Palace Captain after The Community Shield.
Valued at £ 45m, theyy Due to Hold Talks With The Eagles About Signing The Center-Back Before the September 1st Deadline.
Yet, He’s Not The Only Defender on The Club’s Radar. Indeed, According to Football SpanBarcelona Star Ronald Araujo has emerged as an option.
They Reveal That Chelsea, Liverpool and Spurs Are Also Showing ‘Serious Interest’ in the 26-year-old. Manchester United Are Also Said To Hold ‘Long-Term Interest’ in the Barca Defender.
How Ronald Araujo Compares to Marc Guehi
AT Just £ 45m, Bringing Guehi To Anphield Would Be A Brilliant Piece of Business. He’s 25, Thus Approaching His Prime, He’s Premier League-Proven and Having Captained Pace, He’s A Natural Leader.
Including the Brilliant Price on offer, there are Very Few Cons to Signing Such a Proven Player in The Remaining Weeks of The Window; He’d Surely hit The Ground Running Swiftly.
However, the Araujo is a genuine elite defender and has shown as much for the Greatest Clubs in the Land in Recent Years.
Described by Legendary Center-Back Carles Puyol As “One of the Best Defenders in The World“Region Could be a Brilliant Market Opportunity for Liverpool.
He’s Capable Of Playing In the Middle Defence But also at the right-back. After Missing The First Half of The 2024/25 Campaign With A Hamstring Injury, The Defender Went On Play 24 Times at Center-Back And Played A Starring Role at The Back to Barcelona Reached The Champions League Semi-Finals.
Unlike Guehi, He’s Playing at The Very Highest Level And He’s More Versatile Too, Having Played Seven Times at Right-Back In the Last Two Seasons.
So, What Sets Him Apart?
Araujo vs Guehi in 2024/25 (League Only) | ||
|---|---|---|
Stat (per 90 mins) | Fib | Guehi |
Complete Passes | 79.3 | 43.3 |
Pass Accuracy% | 92% | 84% |
Key Passes | 0.48 | 0.47 |
Progressive Passes | 5.83 | 3.94 |
Progressive Carries | 0.71 | 0.65 |
Attemted Take-Ons | 0.12 | 0.44 |
Tackles won | 1.07 | 1.00 |
Interceptions | 1.07 | 0.82 |
Aerial Duels won | 3.93 | 2.00 |
Stats Via Fbref. | ||
Over The Last Year, Araujo has showcased that he is an elite defender in a number of metrics. Hey Ranks Inside The Best 2% posientally similar Players in Europe’s Top Five Leagues For Aerial Duels Won 90 Minutes.
In The Air, He’s Evidently Streets Ahead of Guehi. His Pass Success Rate of 92% Betters Guehi and Ensures That The Barca Stalwart Ranks Within The Best 12% of Centre-Backs In Europe.
A Beast In The Air, Araujo Also Possesses to play out from the Back, Making Him The Perfect Fit for Slot’s Backline.
From a Similar Cloth as Virgil van Dijk in Terms of His Physicality, IF Konate Does End Up Leaving The Bernabeu, Then There Few Better Replacements Around The Continent.
