William Carvalho (Sporting Lisbon & Portugal)
The 23-year-old was comfortably the most well-known name on display in this game and it’s unlikely that we were the only team with scouts having a look at him this summer. He’s already won thirteen full caps for his country and represented them at the World Cup. He’s played 60 league games for Sporting and picked up his first trophy with them at the end of last season. Despite missing the decisive penalty at this summer’s Euros he was still voted the player of the tournament, while he’s previously won the Portuguese league’s Breakthrough Player Award.
Oscar Lewicki (Malmo & Sweden)
With the Reds still keen on midfield reinforcements following the departure of captain Steven Gerrard, we could do worse than to consider this deep lying playmaker. Lewicki started his career at Bayern Munich and spent a year playing regularly for their reserve side. However, he turned down a new contract and chose to return to Sweden in 2011. He signed for champions Malmo earlier this year and has scored twice in his first eight games for the club. He made his debut for the Sweden national team in 2014 and has since won four full international caps.
