While Liverpool’s chances to break a few records and enter immortality may have passed with their defeat to Arsenal, they have still been one of the best teams the Premier League has ever seen. Jurgen Klopp has managed to create a truly dominant team despite not having any major transfers since the deals to bring in Alisson and Naby Keita were made two years ago. The Reds only signed Takumi Minamino in January, with no senior outfield players having joined during last summer’s window, and so there is a definite need to refresh the squad a little bit in order to keep competition for places high, as well as allow the team to be able to compete on multiple fronts next season without too much of a drop in quality. It is for these reasons that Liverpool are likely to make a few transfer decisions in the upcoming window, one of which concerns a winger at Watford.
Recent reports have linked the Merseyside club heavily with Ismaila Sarr, Watford’s 22-year-old Senegalese winger. This was Sarr’s debut season in the Premier League, and he has acquitted himself well, with his crowning performance coming in the game against Liverpool, where Watford beat the champions-in-waiting 3-0 to consign them to their first defeat of the season. While it may not be easy for Liverpool to agree a deal with Watford, especially if the club manages to avoid relegation, Liverpool will hope that Sarr’s Senegal teammate, Sadio Mane, will help tip the scales in their favour. This saga could run all the way through the summer window, where without any football action, fans can look at www.bestusaonlinecasinos.com and other websites to look at games and other betting action during the transfer window.
In any case, Liverpool and Watford have had fraught transfer dealings in the past, making a potential deal for Sarr complicated. Liverpool had lost Jerome Sinclair to Watford on a free transfer, and were infuriated at losing a talented young player worth at least £4 million to the Hornets for nothing. On the other hand, the Reds had attempted to buy Piotr Zielinski from Udinese, which is owned by the same group that owns Watford, the Pozzo family. That approach was not appreciated by the Pozzos, who refused to sell to Liverpool and moved Zielinski on to Napoli instead. That history may make it difficult for a deal to be agreed. Nevertheless, Sarr would be a good addition to the current Liverpool squad, where he could easily slot in as backup on either flank. His speed and directness would be huge assets for the team, especially on the counter-attack, and while Liverpool may not have the funds or the desire to move for big-name players such as Jadon Sancho, for example, Sarr would make good sense for them, as they look to buy players to improve the overall squad rather than to replace existing first-team players. The Reds are also supposed to be interested in Bayern Munich midfielder Thiago, who would again increase competition for midfield places and bring title-winning experience with the German club as well as Barcelona to Anfield. However, given the lack of agreement between the two clubs on a transfer fee so far, fans would be better served playing at online slots UK websites rather than betting on this deal being made in the upcoming window.
