Ludwig Augustinsson
Pearce said: “At the moment it’s just gossip. He may well be a player that Liverpool have sent scouts to watch, but at the moment it hasn’t gone any further than that. [Left-back] is one possible area [to strengthen] but I think the focus at the moment is on bringing in a striker.”
We say: This makes sense as well. We do need a left-back, but only as back-up to Alberto Moreno, and that’s ultimately going to be low priority. We still have Jose Enrique, Javier Manquillo and Jon Flanagan on our books as well, so I’m sure if we have to make do without the young Swede then we’ll manage well enough.
