Liverpool submit bid for €50m Brazilian prodigy

Stuart Telford

• 27 Apr 2024 10:30 BST
• 3 min read

Liverpool are about to announce Arne Slot as their new manager, and the Dutchman could already be handed his first summer signing at Anfield.

The Reds have identified Feyenoord boss Slot as the perfect man to replace the outgoing Jurgen Klopp next summer, and he will inherited a talented squad.

Keeping the likes of Mo Salah, Virgil van Dijk and Trent Alexander-Arnold together will be once task facing slot, and he will also have his own ideas about who to bring in.

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Santiago Gimenez has been put forward as a potential upgrade on Darwin Nunez, and there are other Feyenoord players who could follow.

But the club have an ongoing transfer strategy, Slot aside, and they have reportedly made a bid for Palmeiras youngster Luis Guilherme.

Palmeiras was €50m

"Palmeiras have already rejected two bids," says Brazilian transfer specialist Jorge Nicola. "And they came from giants clubs: Monaco in France and Liverpool in England.

"The buyers put forward bids of €20m which Palmeiras considered too low. "Palmeiras' idea is to sell him for €50m - a figure they don't believe they can get right now but once he starts playing regularly and goes on a good run."

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Guilherme is a former youth teammate of Endrick, who will join Real Madrid for €72m this summer. He scored a 95th-minute winner against Independiente del Valle in the Copa Libertadores on Thursday - his first senior goal.

Liverpool will no doubt have to up their opening bid if they are to win the race for Guilherme's signature, but they will be confident of outmuscling Monaco, tax free principality or not.

Guilherme is a right-footed left winger who could plausibly replace Salah should the Egyptian be tempted to the Saudi Pro League post-Klopp, but he also has the ability to play through the middle.