Liverpool leads the race to sign Aston Villa Ollie Watkins striker this summer after a green light by the manager Arne Slot, according to Informed of football.
Watkins is interested in joining Liverpool, which seeks to strengthen his attack options before the 2025-26 season.
According to reports, Aston Villa is ready to entertain bids in the region of 50-60 million pounds for Watkins, mainly because they consider Marcus Rashford’s loan to move permanent.
Rashford’s arrival has limited Watkins’ play time, which caused the striker to consider his future
In spite of their limited play time to Villa Park under Emery this season, Watkins has scored 15 goals from the Premier League this season.
Slot is not satisfied with the current attack options of his team at the moment and they want to strengthen this area in the summer transfer window.
Ex -chief of Manchester United and Blackburn Chief Mick Brown has confirmed Liverpool’s interest in the International England attacker.
“Liverpool has won the league without much pressure.” He told Football Insider.
“Arsenal fell and Man City has fallen from a supporters club,” this is not the case with next season.
“So they know they will need better options in certain positions and one of these positions is a center center, because the manager is not satisfied with their options.
“They have some ideas about which players will look and Ollie Watkins is one.
“The reason for this is that it is different from most forwards at this time because it always wants to stretch the defense, to derive and run back.
“This is what Liverpool wants to do, they want players who can threaten.
“Salah is a perfect example, but this is also why they signed the tastes of Núñez and Díaz because they are always ready to do these races.
“Watkins does it very well, so Liverpool will interest him.”
Liverpool can face competition to sign Ollie Watkins
In addition to Liverpool, Manchester United, Arsenal and Chelsea have also expressed interest in Watkins.
However, the state of Liverpool as the champion of the Premier League and the opportunity to be an initial striker under the slot could give them advantage when protecting their signature.
The future of Watkins is still a very interesting topic, with Liverpool ready to make a significant movement to bring the prolific striker to Anfield.
This would be a slot slot statement if Liverpool can remove it and make them more feared before next season.
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