Christian Falk leaves this morning’s transfer news exciting for Liverpool fans
Christian Falk leaves this morning’s transfer news exciting for Liverpool fans
Liverpool have been advised to “pack a lot of money” if they are to return to the table and make a serious push for Edmond Tapsoba’s signature at the next opportunity.
Christian Falk said that Bayer Leverkusen’s decision to extend the player’s contract until the summer of 2028 was directly “designed” to “put off” the Reds, who are still interested.
“Bayer 04 Leverkusen have extended the contract of centre-back Edmond Tapsoba until 2028,” a BILD reporter told CaughtOffside in his exclusive Substack column.
“This is to fend off further attacks from Liverpool FC, who have always been interested in the defender.
“Jörg Schmadtke can save a phone call or pack a lot of money in a suitcase in winter.”
The Merseysiders are believed to remain interested in the left-sided centre-half, a bill which may not suit the 24-year-old’s right foot in the backline. Should Liverpool consider an upgrade for Falk? Is it time for the middle two to go big? That doesn’t mean we should do away with right centre-backs entirely – quite the opposite, if Ibrahima Konate’s latest muscle injury has taught us anything.
Falk, Conate
Virgil van Dijk and Ibrahima Konate proved they are a duo… when both are fit.
As brilliant and dominant as the Frenchman is on the pitch, we simply cannot rely on the fitness of a player who was there for less than half of the league games last season. Especially when our system is so dependent on a positional, positionally aware player. Ideally, we’d like to see this, along with Virgil van Dijk’s long-term defense, resolved in the next available window, although it remains to be seen how far Jurgen Klopp’s confidence in his back-ups will go, and to what. measure, that would prevent such a search.