‘Sell Lovren, buy De Ligt’

Former Liverpool defender Steve Nicol has some firm views about the Reds’ business in the market. European champions have not done any business yet, and are in no hurry to do so, but Nicol believes one big change should be made in central defence.

Asked about whether Dejan Lovren should stay at the club, Nicol was quite specific.

“Yes he’s worth £25m, yeah, absolutely. But no [I would not keep him]. You have Gomez, you have Matip. Lovren’s been a good servant to Liverpool. The guy’s got a big heart and he’s given everything for Liverpool. He’s played well on occasions. Just because on occasions he’s made horrendous mistakes and we’ve picked him up on it, it doesn’t meant that I don’t like the guy”, Nicol said and continued.

“He gives you everything, sometimes to the detriment of his performance because he’s so eager and so keen to do well that he throws himself into challenges when he shouldn’t. But it would be fantastic if we did get [Matthijs] De Ligt.”