PSG star offers himself to Liverpool
Over the course of last season, Arne Slot spoke about his admiration for the French Champions League winners several times.
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In fact, it was only really PSG who offered any sort of resistance to Liverpool during the season. In a tense two-legged affair, Liverpool were ultimately knocked out on penalties against the eventual champions in the round of 16 in the Champions League.
That game proved to be a bitterly disappointing one for the Reds. Although ultimately, Paris Saint Germain definitely deserved their victory.
They have an impressive squad and now Luis Enrique's side are expected to make some changes. Among those there might be a player available for Liverpool, who could be the ideal fit for Slot's style of play.
We know that with the departure of Jarell Quansah Liverpool are looking at the centre-back market. It's a difficult market at the moment with some of the biggest names having already made their decisions.
Dean Huijsen opted in favour of Real Madrid, meanwhile Ilia Zabarnyi has chosen Paris Saint Germain as his destination.
Liverpool have looked at a deal for Marc Guehi, although at this stage that move is very much up in the air with Crystal Palace having a firm and steep asking price despite the England international entering the final year of his contract.
The Reds will be happy to wait for Guehi, especially because they also risk losing Ibrahima Konate on a free contract next year so the Palace defender could be the perfect replacement for the Frenchman.
However, in the meantime, for this season, the Reds still need to make another addition. They don't want to enter the season with just three senior centre-back options available, even if the academy pairing of Amara Nallo and Wellity Lucky are highly rated.
And there might be a possible deal on the table for one of the most perfect options for Slot's style of football.
According to TBR Paris Saint Germain defender Lucas Beraldo has offered himself to the Reds. The report claims that the player's representatives have made a number of approaches to potential clubs and offered Beraldo to them. Among those teams were Liverpool who had an interest in the Brazilian before he moved to the French giants.
Only 21-years-old, Beraldo joined PSG in January 2024, and has made 65 appearances for the club since then.
Last season he started 22 league games for the club but made just one start in the Champions League, with Marquinhos and Willian Pacho ahead of him in the pecking order.
Not playing above those two is no shame though. Beraldo is still young and he possess the perfect qualities to thrive in Slot's system.
He wins a high volume of duels on the ground and in the air and on top of that he is a very composed passer of the ball.
In fact as per Wyscout out of centre-backs in Europe's top five leagues last season who averaged over 65% success rate in defensive duels and aerial duels, Beraldo made the most forward passes (30.93 per 90) and had the most accurate pass completion rate (95.13%).
Those numbers make him the perfect candidate for Slot's side, and that's why Liverpool might just be tempted by his representative's offer to play for them.
Everything hinges on PSG's demands though and how much they are willing to sell him for.
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