Big changes are coming to Liverpool’s midfield this summer.
Head coach Arne Slot has been relying on the same cast of characters in midfield for the last couple of seasons. And it’s clear to see the Dutchman is now getting diminishing returns from some in the ranks.
Ryan Gravenberch and Alexis Mac Allister have been a long way beneath their Premier League title-winning form of 2024/25.
Factor in uncertain contract scenarios for Wataru Endo and Curtis Jones and you can see why midfield will become a priority area for Slot and sporting director Richard Hughes.
It’s been claimed in Football Insider that the outgoing Premier League champions are planning up to THREE midfielder sales in order to accommodate new arrivals.
Mac Allister is only contracted until 2028 and there have been no talks over a new deal. Real Madrid are big fans of the 27-year-old - who has been unable to regain his form over the past year or so.
Jones, 25, is stuck at a contract impasse with his current deal expiring in 2027. The club will be set against losing their homegrown talent for free with Inter Milan believed to be interested in the £35m-rated playmaker.
And Endo, 33, is also out of contract in 2027. Currently recovering from injury he could be sold in order to generate some tidy transfer income.
With those sales on the horizon the squad will be crying out for numbers and quality in midfield.
One player who now looks increasingly likely to move to Anfield this summer is Lamine Camara.
The 22-year-old is coming off the back of a very good individual campaign with Monaco. But the Senegal international may be sacrificed due to the Principality side failing to qualify for European competition.
Liverpool - along with Newcastle - have registered their interest in the midfield dynamo. The asking price has been set at only £40m according to the report - with Camara under contract with Monaco until 2029.
“Liverpool will be able to sign Monaco star Lamine Camara for around £40million this summer as Arne Slot eyes a midfield overhaul,” the report reads.
“Liverpool could focus on signing him as soon as some of their current midfielders are sold, with the likes of Curtis Jones, Alexis Mac Allister and Wataru Endo linked with moves away.”
Camara scored two goals last weekend in what could be his final Monaco game - a 5-4 defeat to Strasbourg. He joined from Metz back in 2024 and has gone from strength to strength in midfield since then.
