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According to The Daily Mail, Bournemouth forward Ryan Fraser is on Liverpool’s wishlist with just six days of the window remaining for the Merseysiders to complete their business.
What’s the word, then?
Well, the Champions League winners are yet to sign a player this summer who is likely to have an impact on first-team proceedings.
Just teenage duo Harvey Elliott and Sepp van den Berg have been signed, along with 35-year-old Andy Lonergan to provide cover in the goalkeeping department.
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Fraser enjoyed an excellent campaign with the Cherries last term in which he found the back of the net seven times, and also racked up 14 assists – no player in the Premier League recorded more set-ups other than Eden Hazard.
Would ease the burden on Andy Robertson and Trent Alexander-Arnold
It’s no secret who the most creative players in Jurgen Klopp’s squad are right now.
The full-back duo of Andy Robertson and Trent Alexander-Arnold caused havoc last term, recording 11 and 12 assists in the league respectively, and a lot of the creative burden was placed upon their shoulders throughout the season.
It was also strikingly evident when one of them was missing, as the Reds looked to have less ideas going forward – the period just after the turn of the year where Alexander-Arnold was missing for a month saw Liverpool draw two consecutive games against Leicester and West Ham, in which James Milner and Jordan Henderson deputised at right-back.
Fraser recorded more assists than any other player in Klopp’s squad last season, and with all due respect to Bournemouth, you could argue that his numbers would improve at Anfield given the calibre of players in attack such as Sadio Mane and Mohamed Salah.
When either full-back is missing or just having an off day in general, Fraser’s creativity would help ease the burden and allow Liverpool to still be just as deadly.
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