Liverpool have an 'active interest' in three players that all share the same agent who was spotted at Anfield earlier this year.
Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp is in the middle of a major rebuild this summer as he looks to improve on last season's disappointing fifth-place finish in the Premier League.Liverpool have already confirmed James Milner, Roberto Firmino, Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain and Naby Keita will leave the club at the end of the month when their contracts expire. And the Reds have begun to process of replacing them by signing Alexis Mac Allister in a £35m deal with Brighton.
Liverpool are in the market for further midfield reinforcements this summer, while a left-sided centre-back is also reportedly on their wish-list. It has now been revealed by Football Insider that three players who have been linked with a move to Anfield this summer share the same agent.
Nice midfielder Khephren Thuram, Bayern Munich midfielder Ryan Gravenberch and Wolfsburg defender Micky van de Ven are all represented by Team Raiola, the agency founded by the late super-agent Mino Raiola.
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The agency is now headed up by Raiola's successor, Rafaela Pimenta.
Pimenta 'spotted' at Anfield earlier this season
Brazilian agent Pimenta was spotted attending a match at Anfield in January amid speculation Gravenberch could move to Liverpool on loan from Bayern. While that move failed to materialise, Netherlands international Gravenberch continues to be linked with the Reds after struggling for game time at the Allianz Arena.
Gravenberch, 22, started just three Bundesliga games in his debut season in Germany after joining from Ajax last summer, and recently admitted he was disappointed with his lack of minutes. But Bayern will be reluctant to part ways with the player just 12 months after signing him in a €25m (£21m) deal.
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Perhaps a more likely signing is Nice midfielder Thuram, the son of legendary France international Lilian Thuram. Football Insider claim Liverpool are 'close' to agreeing a deal for the French star, with Pimenta recently spotted at Nice's headquarters amid the speculation surrounding Thuram's future.
Van de Ven is also said to be on Liverpool's radar, with Tottenham also interested in the 22-year-old. The Dutch defender has left the door open for a move to Anfield, claiming he would consider leaving Wolfsburg this summer if a suitable offer arrived from the Premier League.
"I'm very good [happy] at Wolfsburg, so I don't mind staying at Wolfsburg for another year," he said back in May. "I read everything. I have good contact with my agent, so I know what's going on. I'll see where it will lead.
"Hopefully, [moving to a bigger club] would be nice. The Premier League, maybe, yes. Who knows?"
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