Liverpool transfer news: Cody Gakpo sale eyed as £43m Bradley Barcola 'alternative' identified ahead of summer window

Liverpool privation to offload Cody Gapo and bring successful Monaco winger Maghnes Akliouche this summer, the latest study has claimed.

Arne Slot's Reds were held to a frustrating 1-1 stalemate by Chelsea successful the Premier League connected Saturday, and they produced concerningly small successful the last third.

The likes of Mohamed Salah and Cody Gakpo gave disappointed successful wide areas this campaign, and a fig of reports person suggested that attacking additions could beryllium made successful the upcoming transportation window.

Paris Saint-Germain winger Bradley Barcola has been touted arsenic a people this summer, though his nine would undoubtedly request a important fee.

TEAMtalk assertion that Liverpool are preparing to offload Gakpo and bring in Maghnes Akliouche from Monaco, and helium could outgo £43m.

Maghnes Akliouche assessed: Why bash Liverpool privation Monaco winger?

Akliouche has played 43 games for Monaco successful each competitions this word and has scored 7 goals and provdied 10 assists, with 1 extremity and 3 assists having been provided successful 10 Champions League matches.

The 24-year-old does not person a peculiarly prolific history, and having completed conscionable 0.8 dribbles per 90 successful Ligue 1, it is hard to reason that helium has made a beardown interaction successful different areas.

After spending successful the portion of £450m successful the summer, it would beryllium understandable if Liverpool looked to people cheaper players, particularly arsenic that attack worked for them successful the past erstwhile they brought successful the likes of Sadio Mane and Salah.

If the right-winger was signed alongside a much versatile enactment specified arsenic Yan Diomande, past possibly his signature would marque much sense.

Cody Gakpo future: Why has winger struggled astatine Liverpool?

Gakpo has scored conscionable 7 Premier League goals successful 34 appearances, though helium is lone 3 shy of the tally helium managed past play successful the apical flight.

The Dutchman has ne'er been peculiarly effectual erstwhile asked to lend against a settled defence, but helium has managed to marque an interaction successful the punishment area.

However, the exit of playmaker Trent Alexander-Arnold successful the summertime and the diminution of Mohamed Salah has forced Gakpo to beryllium much progressive connected the shot extracurricular of the box, and it should travel arsenic nary astonishment that helium has looked somewhat retired of place.