Liverpool eager to strike game-changing TRIPLE deal with agent
Transfer moves are now harder than ever to pull off because of the sheer number of different moving parts involved in a deal.
Fortunately, Liverpool's business manages to be relatively smooth sailing, as a result of the experienced professionals we have running the deals.
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Although this summer was relatively quiet on the incoming front, the Reds now have Richard Hughes and Michael Edwards in charge of recruitment, who are highly regarded within the industry.
Through acting upon the club's 'opportunistic transfers' policy, Federico Chiesa was brought to Anfield at the end of the window, and his deal may just hold the keys to securing the future deals Liverpool have lined up.
Liverpool's potential triple deal with the same agency
Every player is either represented by an agent who they know and trust - like a family member - or by a sports agency that takes on a number of players at the same time.
For Chiesa's deal to join Liverpool, the Reds had to correspond with LIAN Sports Agency, who worked to ensure that the Italian had all of his terms agreed before he made the move.
But as it turns out, there are a range of players who also work with the same representation as him, including RB Salzburg's Amar Dedic, a player dubbed as a potential Trent Alexander-Arnold replacement at right back, who joined the agency in October.
In addition, the long-scouted Milos Kerkez at Bournemouth, who the club are looking at to replace Andy Robertson at left-back, has now also joined LIAN Sports Agency, per Fabrizio Romano.
As such, an incredibly ambitious triple deal has potentially opened up for Liverpool, which the club can take advantage of as a result of the Chiesa deal that the Reds secured in the summer.
Alexander-Arnold is likely to move on from the club this summer as his contract is set to expire at the end of the season, and rumours are currently suggesting that his 'desire' is to move to Real Madrid instead of extending his stay on Merseyside. In this case, bringing in a replacement such as Dedic would be a route the club could go down, and already having a relationship with his agency can only be a positive thing.
Likewise, Andy Robertson is having a really difficult season with Arne Slot's Reds, making countless mistakes that are slowly taking their toll on the team leading to unnecessarily dropped points. As exclusively reported by Anfield Watch last month, Kerkez is one of a number of players that Liverpool are scouting as a long-term replacement, and his change of agency will also be beneficial to a future transfer move.
And finally, although Chiesa's move is one of the main reasons why the club has an advantage in dealing with Dedic and Kerkez, his stay at the club so far has been underwhelming, to say the least, as he has been hindered by injury problems from the off.
The club could attempt to bring in two new recruits and then use the same agency to send Chiesa packing should his transfer prove beyond doubt to have been one that cannot be rescued.
Of course, this feat will be tricky and complex, as all transfers are, but Liverpool have two of the best specialists in the business, and a triple deal may have just been made that bit easier by today's news.
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