While Arsenal spent over 100 million for Rice, look what Liverpool would do to sign Thuram

One of the big signings of this summer, at least in terms of the amount of money agreed, is the arrival of Declan Rice at Arsenal, who spent £105 million euros to sign him. Liverpool, for their part, have spent around £95 million on two signings who could become the team's new stars.

When rumors of Rice's departure from West Ham began, many were surprised that Liverpool's name was not linked with the 24-year-old English midfielder, as it had been reported that Jürgen Klopp was prioritizing the signing of young midfielders, but Rice was never an option for the Reds due to his huge cost.

Instead, Liverpool have preferred to focus on lower priced players of equal or greater quality, signing Alexis Mac Allister and Dominik Szoboszlai, both of whom look set to have starring roles from their first season with Liverpool. However, everything seems to indicate that the Reds board and Jürgen Klopp himself would not be satisfied with these two reinforcements and would go to the transfer market to try to get at least one more midfielder.

In that sense, one of the names that has been linked with a possible arrival at Anfield is Khéphren Thuram, who is valued at 40 million euros and would be one of Liverpool's main targets. However, in recent days it has been said that Liverpool would need to release a player from the squad in order to continue signing, which would have put the brakes on talks with Nice to sign the French midfielder.

A glimmer of hope for Thuram's arrival at Anfield

According to Sky Sports reporter Melissa Reddy, "If circumstances align, Liverpool could sign a third midfielder regardless of any exits." This means that the Liverpoool board is still holding out hope of being able to sign Khéphren Thuram without having to sell more players.