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In the past summer transfer window, it appeared that Liverpool had changed their transfer strategy to sign young up-and-coming players rather than already established footballers.
During the summer of 2018, the Reds spent £163.98m on the likes of Alisson and Fabinho amongst others, according to Transfermarkt, but in the most recent window, they parted with just £1.71m. Adrian was signed as a back-up goalkeeper, and he is 34, but Harvey Elliott and Sepp van den Berg were the other two arrivals, and they are both teenagers with the former’s fee still yet to be decided by a tribunal.
With the next window just around the corner, it remains to be seen whether Liverpool will stick with the same policy. If Brazilian website NETFLU is anything to go by, though, we could expect to see another youngster make the move to Anfield.
According to the outlet, the Merseyside outfit are said to be monitoring striker Evanilson. Given Fluminense’s current financial situation, a bid of £4m could be enough to convince the South American club to part with the 20-year-old. In today’s day and age, that is a minimal fee.
Unlike a lot of promising Brazilians, he is somewhat of a late bloomer. There has been very little talk of him being a future star, yet he has taken his chance at every opportunity. He spent six games on loan STK Samorin and, although he wasn’t in Slovakia for too long, he still made an impression, scoring three goals. Not only that, he also bagged himself 15 strikes in the U20 Brasileiro, which was enough to see him finish as top scorer.
This season, he has two goals in three matches for the first team, despite him only having started one match. He clearly knows where the back of the net is, and that can often be worth its weight in gold. At £4m, he would not break the bank, and the lack of big interest in the 6 foot 3 man – a frame that would likely deal with the demands of the Premier League quite well – could allow Liverpool to steal a march.
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Given Liverpool’s success with one Brazilian striker so far, Roberto Firmino, they should take a punt on Evanilson as well. What have they got to lose?
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