Transfer season does that thing where your group chat suddenly becomes a scouting department, and your timeline is full of lads you’ve never seen kick a ball outside a three-minute compilation. That’s the spirit of these latest Liverpool-linked names: interesting, plausible in shape, but very much “pinch of salt” territory.
Still, there’s a theme running through them. It’s mostly youth, potential, and the idea of getting in early rather than paying the top-end premium later. Whether that’s actually what Liverpool are doing is another matter, but it’s the sort of profile you can imagine the club at least monitoring.
Young talent, lots of competition
Gabriel Mec at Gremio is one of those that fits the modern rumour mould. A 17-year-old who’s apparently been watched since 2023, with plenty of other clubs also keeping tabs. That part is believable on its face because if a kid looks special in Brazil, he’s rarely being tracked by just one side.
It also speaks to how recruitment works now. You don’t “discover” players at 18 or 19 anymore. If he’s on Liverpool’s radar, he’ll be on a lot of radars.
A striker link with January talk attached
Then there’s Franculino at FC Midtjlland, described as a striker in hot form and linked with a £25m price tag, plus interest from Everton, Bayern and Dortmund. That’s a lot to swallow in one go, especially when the same rumour frames it as an “ideal” January deal.
January is never that straightforward. Clubs don’t want to sell, selling clubs want over the odds, and buying clubs have to be absolutely convinced. If there’s anything to it, it would likely be about planning ahead rather than expecting a quick fix.
The pathway pitch: Monga and Bouaddi
Jeremy Monga at Leicester (16) and Bouaddi at Lille (just turned 18) read like classic “elite talent being watched” stories. Monga reportedly hasn’t signed a professional deal yet, and the suggestion is Liverpool have spoken to him about a pathway. That’s the sell, isn’t it: not just money, but a route into the first-team picture.
Bouaddi is said to be admired with Lille keen to keep him, and Arsenal supposedly readying a bid. Again, could be anything, but it does underline the reality that the best youngsters are fought over early.
The Bergvall claim: big number, big scepticism
The wildest one is the claim of a £52m bid for Bergvall at Spurs, attributed to Spanish press, with Spurs not wanting to sell but needing funds. Maybe. But big-money bids between Premier League clubs are rarely quiet, and when a fee gets that chunky, you’d expect far firmer noise.
For now, it’s one for the “keep an eye on it” pile, not the “clear the calendar for a medical” pile.
How to read rumours without losing your head
If the same story includes a specific fee, a perfect window (“ideal in January”), and a list of elite clubs all chasing, it’s usually more heat than light. The sensible approach is simple: treat names as “being monitored” until something concrete appears, and remember that Liverpool (like every top side) will have long lists for every position.
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