To hold discussions with midfielder for AC Milan's entourage

Two of Liverpool's most notable acquisitions in 2022 have some obvious traits in common. Of course, both were South American forwards who competed in Portugal, but maybe most intriguingly, they had both played the Reds in the Champions League during the 2021/22 season, In addition to Darwin Nez scoring for Benfica 

in both legs of their quarterfinal matchup with Jürgen Klopp's team and Luis Dáz and FC Porto, it appears the Reds may be eyeing yet another player they faced in Europe last season. Journalist Matteo Moretto stated on Saturday that they intend to meet with Ismael Bennacer's representatives "in a couple of weeks."

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The Serie A powerhouses have created the "foundations" for a new deal, but Liverpool will try to convince Bennacer to turn down revised conditions. It's true that the Algerian faced the Reds last Friday in the Dubai Super Cup, but it's perhaps not wise to extrapolate too much from a friendly, our attention is on the match at Anfield 

Because he only played 31 minutes when Milan faced Liverpool at San Siro in the 21/22 group round. After Jordan Henderson's game-winning goal, Bennacer was removed from the action after playing 71 minutes, the Algerian really gained attention for the wrong reasons, giving up a penalty early on and receiving a yellow card for swinging up to block a goal-bound attempt from Andy Robertson.

<strong>41 times and made 29 of the 33 passes </strong>

Fortunately for Bennacer, Mike Maignan ultimately stopped Mohamed Salah's attempt, but other than that, how did he do? He touched the ball 41 times and made 29 of the 33 passes he tried, including all three of his long balls and two progressive passes. His accuracy rate of 87.9% was third-best among Milan players, though his team just once regained control, he recorded four ball recoveries and four tackle attempts on defence joint-second for Milan.