Liverpool want to sign player to help Salah, will cost 100 million

Carlos Casemiro was Real Madrid's big sale in the last summer transfer window, but his arrival at Manchester United did not come as a complete surprise to Florentino Pérez who, already foreseeing this, closed the deal a few months earlier for Aurélien Tchouameni in exchange for 80 million plus another 20 million in variables.

But beware, the Frenchman was not the first option that the Merengue president considered to make up for the possible departure of Casemiro, as during the last season it was not Tchouameni who was leading the race in this area, but Declan Rice, a player from West Ham United. As the English midfielder's performances improved at the Hammers, his price on the market increased exponentially to around 100 million, the main reason why Florentino gave up his interest in the player and that is why this soap opera finally ended with Tchouameni in the white capital.

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It is true that the former Monaco player also carried a similar figure, but unlike Rice, his club was very happy with the idea of accepting his departure for an offer like the one mentioned above. However, in 2023 nothing seems to prevent Rice from being one of the biggest transfer targets on the market in what will be for the 23-year-old Englishman the definitive leap in his sporting career.

And, as Football Insider, a media outlet specialising in the English market, has revealed, West Ham United are already getting used to the idea of losing the Londoner. Although Real Madrid slammed the door on Rice after Florentino's swoop for the Gallic pivot, Liverpool and Chelsea have also been keeping a close eye on the player for many months and in 2023 one of these clubs will achieve their objective.

Liverpool eye Declan Rice

In the case of the Blues, the need to bring in a top-level pivot is growing with each passing day as both N'Golo Kanté and Jorginho's contract expires on 30 June and it does not seem that a renewal is an open option for either player or for Chelsea itself. In the case of the Reds, Klopp knows that with Fabinho he has the midfield well covered, but accompanying the Brazilian with a player like Rice, as well as Thiago Alcántara, will strengthen an enviable midfield to strengthen the trident of Mohamed Salah, the Liverpool star, Darwin Núñez and Luis Díaz.