Liverpool lining up bid for Chelsea sensation

Stuart Telford

• 7 Mar 2023 09:01 GMT
• 3 min read

Mason Mount isn't the only player who could be swapping Stamford Bridge for Anfield next summer, according to reports.

Mount has yet to agree terms on a new contract with Chelsea, the club previously keen to lift his pay and tie him down beyond his existing deal which runs until 2024.

But the England man has had a dip in form at the same time as asking for a similar rise to what Reece James received in September - up to £250,00 a week - and a move to Liverpool, who are in dire need of a midfielder is looking increasingly likely.

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Colwill impresses

And he could have a familiar face joining him at Anfield if recent reports are to be believed, with Levi Colwill also having caught Jurgen Klopp's attention whilst out on loan at Brighton this season.

"Coaches at Anfield are believed to have been seriously impressed by the youngster, including when he played against them in Brighton's 3-0 league win on 14 January," report Football Insider.

"Arsenal are also believed to be monitoring the 20-year-old centre-back, who is impressing on a season-long loan at Brighton, as they plot a move at the end of the season."

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Liverpool's interest would appear to hold more water. Colwill is a left-footed centre-back and the Gunners recently signed Jakub Kiwior from Spezia for €25 million to provide cover for Gabriel in the position.

Virgil van Dijk has no such competition at Liverpool, with Joel Matip and Joe Gomez both preferring to play on the right side of central defence.

Colwill's Chelsea contract runs until June 2025 and the Blues are understood to be keen to keep the England under-21 international at Stamford Bridge.

Colwill's value is €10.8m per FootballTransfers' in-house algorithm, so the Reds could comfortably afford him, even in Chelsea were to demand twice that.