Report: Liverpool showing ‘intense’ interest in £26m attacker with 168 career goals – originally posted on Sportslens.com
Liverpool are very interested in signing Napoli ace Lorenzo Insigne according to a report from Area Napoli.
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Reds boss Jurgen Klopp could well be on the look-out for attacking reinforcements at Anfield this summer.
Mo Salah, Roberto Firmino and Sadio Mane need more quality competition and cover. They are all top class players but perhaps complacency set in last term. It was only Salah who produced the kind of numbers expected of him.
Diogo Jota was brought to Liverpool last season but it could be argued that Klopp needs to do a lot more if he is to guide his side back to the top of English football.
Liverpool keen on Lorenzo Insigne
That’s according to Area Napoli who claim that there is intense competition for the 30-year-old between the Reds and Atletico Madrid.
The diminutive Italian is one of the very best attacking players in the game.
He racked up an incredible 19 goals and seven assists in 35 Serie A games for Napoli last season.
Insigne made an average of 1.9 successful dribbles per game during those outings and was fouled 1.1 times per match.
Insigne has racked up a very impressive 168 goals and 102 assists in 518 career games.
The Italian is out of contract in Naples next summer.
He could be available for around €25-30 million (£21-26 million) this summer according to Gonfialarete.
That seems like decent value for Liverpool although it must be said that it would be a good deal for Napoli too. They could lose him for nothing in 12 months time after all.
Insigne would undoubtedly be a big hit at Anfield. Whether the Reds can beat off the competition from Atletico Madrid for his signature, however, remains to be seen.
Stats obtained via Who Scored + Transfermarkt.
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Author:Tony Martin