Many Liverpool fans will hate this news from Fabrizio Romano on Twitter this morning…
While he claims Ben Davies’ medical is done and the signing of the centre-back from Preston is all but done, he ruled out three rumoured targets in Duje Caleta-Car, Sven Botman and Merih Derimal!
Sven Botman is *not* joining Liverpool today – he’s staying. No contacts/talks opened with Lille. #LFC are now set to announce Ben Davies as new signing after medicals completed. 🔴 #DeadlineDay https://t.co/AbFtsOkbEe
— Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) February 1, 2021
not joining too
— Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) February 1, 2021
If we had money on it, we’d suggest an exciting second centre-back won’t arrive on top of Davies, due to the difficulty in getting such a transfer through the door on deadline day.
Davies will plug a gap, but we still need an elite centre-half to come in – although it’s now looking like it might only happen in the summer.
Caleta-Car was lined up yesterday, but Marseilles can’t get a replacement in and the deal is dead in the water, while the sources who’ve claimed Derimal and Botman are spurious at best.
Still, we’ll welcome Davies in with open arms – and who knows – maybe there’ll be a surprise before the morning.