Liverpool transfers: Maxence Lacroix and Antonio Silva wanted at centre-back

Liverpool have come to a a decision as they look to target reinforcements at the centre-back position ahead of their Premier League opener next week.

Having already seen Joel Matip depart the club this summer, and with Joe Gomez and Sepp van den Berg potentially heading for the exit door at Anfield too, the Reds have seen themselves linked with a whole host of names throughout the summer window.

According to an article written by journalist Ben Jacobs, Liverpool have narrowed down their search for a centre-back to two potential names, Maxence Lacroix and Antonio Silva.

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Lacroix has played his football at Wolfsburg in Germany since 2020, and is currently managed by former Premier League boss Ralph Hasenhüttl. The 24 year-old Frenchman has been linked with moves in the past, although Wolfsburg haven’t set a specific price tag for him.

Lacroix and Antonio Silva are Liverpool targets

As a defender, Lacroix is very much what you’d want in a ‘modern’ player in the position. Quick, composed on the ball and with a certain level of physicality, he could be compared to fellow countryman William Saliba, who has won plenty of plaudits since he became a Premier League regular with Arsenal.

The second defender Jacobs named, Silva, has been receiving tons of praise since he broke into Benfica’s first team as a teenager two seasons back. Heavily and consistently linked with Manchester United, Silva has a reported release clause of £85 million, which could deter any potential move for him with little time left in this window to negotiate that down slightly.

Noted for his passing ability, former Reds players have queued up to heap plaudits upon Silva. Jamie Carragher has suggested he will become a ‘superstar’, and Portuguese cult figure Abel Xavier said that Silva could be ‘the future captain of Benfica’.

Silva himself has referenced van Dijk as an inspiration when interviewed too, so the Anfield connections are making themselves known.