Liverpool will be forced to focus their sights elsewhere when it comes to landing a new left-footed centre-back with reported target Micky van de Ven set to join Tottenham this summer.

CBS Sports’ ever-reliable Ben Jacobs was there with the scoop on Twitter, confirming a fee in the region of £43.1m agreed between Spurs and Wolfsburg.

The Merseysiders had been linked with a swoop for the highly-rated Dutch centre-half, with the Daily Mail reporting in the backend of June that Jurgen Klopp’s men were mulling over making a bid.

With the club still squabbling over the prospect of meeting Southampton’s £50m price tag for Romeo Lavia, however, it admittedly shouldn’t come as too much of a surprise as to why we backed out of this deal.

It still remains unclear just how many further reinforcements to the middle of the park we plan to make amid recent links to Brazilian top-flight ace Andre. Certainly, the expectation appears to be that, if we do land the Fluminense footballer, another signing for the holding midfield role will probably be made.

Given the serious investment in time and energy into pursuing the aforementioned Belgian international, it would be perplexing to see Liverpool end the window without agreeing a transfer for the 19-year-old.

The task remains clear as ever: add quality depth to a role now sorely lacking in experience. Whether Jorg Schmadtke and Co. will be supplying a big green tick to that particular box, however, remains to be seen.

The additional concern of whether we have the funds, or a deep enough pool of talent to dip into, for a new left-sided centre-back so close to the 2023/24 campaign opener at Stamford Bridge will hardly ease fans’ transfer anxiety.

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Liverpool join the race for teenage sensation; ‘enquiries’ made about his availability – report done deal

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – JULY 29: Andre of Fluminense fights for the ball with Luan Dias of Santos during the match between Fluminense and Santos as part of Brasileirao 2023 at Maracana Stadium on July 29, 2023 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (Photo by Wagner Meier/Getty Images)

Jurgen Klopp’s side have made an enquiry alongside Newcastle for Hamilton Academical prospect Ryan One, that’s according to

The 17-year-old, who featured 28 times for The Accies last term, is also attracting interest from both Rangers and Celtic as well as newly-promoted Premier League side Burnley while Brighton are reported to have already had two offers rejected for the forward.

Liverpool have already experienced recent success in signing Scottish youngsters with Ben Doak signed from Celtic last summer and impressing when called upon by Klopp last season and recently during pre-season.

Scotland U17 international One is clearly showing a lot of promise and it’s therefore no surprise that Hamilton are confident they can hold out for as much money as possible for the teenager.

Although our German tactician needs to sign players that can come in and instantly improve our starting XI it’s also promising to see that we’re also looking to take care of our squad for the future.