{"id":24280,"date":"2022-07-22T12:00:30","date_gmt":"2022-07-22T16:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2022\/07\/22\/the-latest-liverpools-reported-matheus-nunes-pursuit\/"},"modified":"2022-07-22T12:00:30","modified_gmt":"2022-07-22T16:00:30","slug":"the-latest-liverpools-reported-matheus-nunes-pursuit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/2022\/07\/22\/the-latest-liverpools-reported-matheus-nunes-pursuit\/","title":{"rendered":"The latest: Liverpool\u2019s reported Matheus Nunes pursuit"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<hr>\n<p>Liverpool\u2019s interest in Sporting midfielder Matheus Nunes has been firmly quashed this summer, despite rumours that they were targetting the Portuguese player to bolster their midfield.<\/p>\n<p>According to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cmjornal.pt\/desporto\/futebol\/detalhe\/liverpool-quer-leao-matheus-nunes?ref=Futebol_DestaquesPrincipais\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">report coming out of Portugal<\/a>, Jurgen Klopp had identified Nunes as the next cog in his midfield, which on the face of it needs an overhaul in the coming years.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Liverpool have defined Matheus Nunes as a priority for the new season and are preparing to start negotiations with Sporting with a view to signing him\u2019, they report, with a deal worth 45m euros plus 5m euros in add-ons thought to be the asking price.<\/p>\n<p>However, this has since been discredited by a pair of respected oulets. Firstly, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JamesPearceLFC\/status\/1550448516136312834?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1550448516136312834%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.101greatgoals.com%2Fwp-admin%2Fpost.php%3Fpost%3D1767037action%3Dedit\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">the Athletic reported that<\/a> \u2018<span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">talk of Liverpool <\/span><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">bidding for Sporting\u2019s Matheus Nunes is nonsense\u2019, before transfer expert Fabrizio Romano revealed that there have been \u2018no bid or negotiations\u2019 for the 23-year-old.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">No bid or negotiations for Matheus Nunes to Liverpool, as things stand. Nothing has changed aroud this deal. ?\u274c <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/LFC?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#LFC<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Liverpool asked for Jude Bellingham in June, but it was impossible deal \u2013 not even a negotiation, as Dortmund consider him \u2018untouchable\u2019 this summer.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Fabrizio Romano (@FabrizioRomano) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FabrizioRomano\/status\/1550465298880499714?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 22, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>No midfielders incoming, warns Klopp<\/h2>\n<p>Of course, Jurgen Klopp has already told Liverpool fans not to expect any additions this summer in the centre of the park, having missed out on Aurelian Tchouameni already.<\/p>\n<p>Quizzed on whether the Reds were keen to make a midfielder their fourth signing of the summer, Klopp simply replied with \u2018No. I can say that.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t think something will happen in midfield, but you never know\u201d, he added. \u201cIf somebody comes to you and says \u2018I want to go\u2019, then\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNobody came to me yet \u2013 but if that happens then we have to talk new.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He was quick to turn his ire on the media too, questioning them over what they felt his squad was lacking before pointing out that he had plenty of options in the middle of the pitch.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf the situation stays like it is, then tell me why [Liverpool would look to sign a midfield player]?\u201d, he began.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe can go through it. Where do you want to start?<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo, Fabinho, Henderson, Thiago, Milner, Keita, Curtis Jones, Harvey Elliott, Fabio Carvalho, Oxlade-Chamberlain. Now you tell me what kind of player are we missing? One who is offensive, 1.95m and arrives into the box to head balls in? OK, apart from that!<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have three players in the squad who can easily play as a No.6 \u2013 Fabinho, of course, but Hendo and Milly played it fine.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCreativity? If we bring in a player just for that, we immediately make it more difficult for Harvey, Curtis and Fabio.\u201d<\/p>\n<hr>\n<h3>Read more:<\/h3>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/news\/chelseas-romelu-lukaku-put-on-diet-following-inter-milan-return\/\" rel=\"v:url\">Chelsea\u2019s Romelu Lukaku put on diet following Inter Milan return<\/a><\/h3>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/www.101greatgoals.com\/news\/can-fred-fill-the-frenkie-de-jong-role-in-ten-hags-manchester-united-side\/\" rel=\"v:url\">Can Fred fill the Frenkie de Jong role in Ten Hag\u2019s Manchester United side?<\/a><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Liverpool\u2019s interest in Sporting midfielder Matheus Nunes has been firmly quashed this summer, despite rumours that they were targetting the Portuguese player to bolster their midfield. According to a report coming out of Portugal, Jurgen Klopp had identified Nunes as the next cog in his midfield, which on the face of it needs an overhaul [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[12,7],"tags":[13,14],"class_list":["post-24280","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-football","category-sport","tag-football","tag-soccer","et-doesnt-have-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24280","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24280"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24280\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24280"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24280"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cyberlego.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24280"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}