Liverpool transfer latest: January window update as Arne Slot, Richard Hughes eye targets to boost Premier League title charge

Liverpool person been connected the lookout for defenders that they could bring to the club, adjacent successful the January transportation window, according to Reds adept David Lynch.

Arne Slot's broadside were held to a disappointing 2-2 gully by rivals Manchester United connected Sunday and failed to widen their pb astatine the top of the table implicit Arsenal to 8 points, though they bash astatine slightest person a crippled successful manus connected the Gunners.

Slot's clip astatine Anfield has been remarkably palmy truthful far, with the Dutch manager winning 23, drafting 4 and losing conscionable 1 of his 28 games successful charge.

However, the Reds brag has not had the accidental to adhd successful immoderate meaningful mode to his squad considering his sole summertime signing Federico Chiesa has lone played 19 minutes successful the Premier League this term.

Sporting manager Richard Hughes has travel nether occurrence for perceived inactivity successful the transportation market, but Lynch told Sports Mole that the nine are actively looking astatine however to reenforce their antiaircraft ranks, saying: "Defence is decidedly an country they've been looking astatine for a while, and you look astatine Lenny Yoro implicit the summertime - he's a subordinate they liked, but arsenic soon arsenic Man United were coming successful astatine those figures, they thought it wasn't the close determination for them.

"One happening that mightiness dissuade them from doing immoderate concern successful January is the information that the timing of the Gomez wounded hasn't been excessively bad. We don't cognize astir the extent, possibly 3 oregon 4 weeks, but we'll spot however that 1 plays out, but successful presumption of timing, Konate and Conor Bradley returned [last] week.

"I don't deliberation that they'll consciousness that their truthful airy successful defence that they person to bash thing successful January. If they bash do thing successful January successful defence, it would lone beryllium a signing that they're going to marque successful the summer, and that could beryllium a centre-half due to the fact that it's intelligibly acknowledged astatine Liverpool that Joe Gomez volition permission this summertime - that's the large anticipation - truthful they could look to get up of that and get idiosyncratic in."

Joe Gomez is apt to miss retired connected enactment for a fig of weeks owed to a hamstring injury, and though Ibrahima Konate returned to the starting lineup against Manchester United, it would beryllium a hazard to trust upon his fittingness considering his extended wounded history.

Could anybody permission Liverpool successful January?

One of the talking points aft the Merseysiders' gully connected Sunday was the aboriginal of Trent Alexander-Arnold fixed his mediocre performance, but it would look unfathomable that Liverpool would let the right-back to depart to Real Madrid successful January fixed they look similar wide favourites for the Premier League title.

Chiesa has besides been linked with a determination distant from Anfield for immoderate time, with reports suggesting that the Italian has been homesick this season.

Lynch expressed his content that Liverpool are not apt to authorisation his departure considering the extended enactment that has been done to get him lucifer fit, telling Sports Mole: "I'd beryllium amazed if [he left], conscionable connected the ground that they are moving hard to get him fit. Obviously, it's been disappointing - the precise small that we've seen from him truthful acold - and he's conscionable struggled to get acceptable and accommodate aft missing pre-season.

"[It's] 1 of those wherever [people are] speechmaking betwixt the lines and seeing that he's not playing precise much, truthful [he must] beryllium hopeless to leave. Liverpool are inactive keen to get him acceptable and spot what he's about. There are opportunities coming up arsenic good if helium tin get fit. You look astatine that Accrington crippled successful the FA Cup, the League Cup doubleheader against Tottenham. These are games wherever helium could get opportunities.

"I'd similar to deliberation he's going to beryllium astir for those, and I'd beryllium amazed if he's jettisoned. If helium was, it wouldn't beryllium a large look for the sporting manager - 1 of his archetypal large signings not truly moving retired - truthful I'd beryllium amazed if helium goes anyplace successful January."

Loanee Ben Doak has been taxable to interest from some Crystal Palace and Ipswich Town, though it remains to beryllium seen if the clubs lucifer Liverpool's reported asking terms of £30m.

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Can Liverpool triumph the Premier League without reinforcements?

While Liverpool are unbeaten successful their past 24 games successful each competitions, they person drawn 3 of their six astir caller Premier League games.

The Reds tin successful each likelihood spend to proceed dropping points seeing arsenic rubric rivals similar Arsenal and Chelsea person truthful acold not shown the consistency needed to triumph the title.

However, it volition interest Slot that his broadside person conceded 11 goals successful their past six top-flight fixtures, arsenic galore arsenic they had successful their erstwhile 15 league games.

Liverpool could besides suffer Mohamed Salah, Virgil and Dijk and Alexander-Arnold for escaped successful the summer, and replacing the trio portion besides attempting to amended different areas of the squad could beryllium unrealistic.

Though making stop-gap signings this wintertime could person consequences successful the agelong term, the Merseysiders would astir surely payment if they conducted concern sooner alternatively than later.

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