Liverpool, with new manager Arne Slot, have moved to a new style of play from Jurgen Klopp’s regime. The biggest change is the midfield structure. Two players are lined up in the defensive midfield position and are expected to play a different role.
Whereas ball-hunters such as Fabinho and Wataru Endo were essential when there was only one midfield bottom, now they are looking for playmakers who can maintain possession and add rhythm to the attack. And Liverpool are in the market for Real Sociedad midfielder Martín Zubimendi.
According to The Athletic, the 25-year-old Spanish midfielder is expected to agree to a move to Liverpool, according to a number of sources familiar with the Spanish club’s situation, and the remainder will depend on whether they can offer a €60 million release fee.
In any case, Liverpool are on full throttle for the midfielder, who is a colleague of Japan midfielder Takefusa Kubo, and if an agreement is reached between the clubs, the transfer talks are expected to be concluded at once. This will be the first reinforcement for Slot and the team building will start to progress for the new season.
Will the creative defensive midfielder, who has been likened to former Spanish midfielder Xabi Alonso, who left Sociedad for Liverpool in the past, make his mark at Anfield this season?