According to sources, Liverpool, a Premier League team, is getting closer to signing Wolves midfielder Joao Gomes despite his connections to Manchester United.
Arne Slot has guided the Reds to the top of the Premier League standings after 29 games, and the team has enjoyed an incredible season.
Liverpool’s 3-1 victory over Southampton last weekend increased their advantage at the top to 15 points over second-place Arsenal.
Even though Arsenal still has a game in hand and must play the Reds before the season ends, it would take a small miracle for the Gunners to defeat Liverpool to the title from here.
After losing to Paris Saint-Germain in the Champions League last 16 midweek, Liverpool will play Newcastle United in the League Cup final on Sunday at Wembley, giving them a week free from Premier League action.
Their outstanding debut season under Slot is made the more remarkable by the Liverpool board’s absence of summer and winter hiring.
Since Slot’s arrival, Liverpool has only added Federico Chiesa
With Virgil van Dijk, Trent Alexander-Arnold, and Mohamed Salah all having contracts expiring at the end of the current campaign, Slot is unsure if he will have his core trio.
Liverpool is now moving quickly to arrange summer moves, with rumours from Brazil (via Anfield Watch) indicating that the Reds are “close to sealing” a deal for Gomes, a midfielder for Wolves.
Relaying a report from Brazilian outlet Gazete do Urubu, Anfield Watch add:
If Man Utd miss out on Gomes too that will be two bits of bad news in two days for the Red Devils after Chelsea hijacked their move for Sporting CP winger Geovany Quenda.
“The way he is playing, there will be clubs watching him for sure,” Wolves sporting director Matt Hobbs stated last year in reference to possible interest in Gomes. I am aware that there are.
“Joao fits here, but the ideal player for us might not be the ideal player for someone else.
“They won’t always work, but if your manager plays them and believes in them, you have a better chance of them working.”
