'My understanding': David Ornstein and Fabrizio Romano agree on key Liverpool target as summer plans take shape
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Liverpool are set to enter the market to sign a new winger this summer after struggling on the flanks all season.The Reds failed to replace Luis Diaz after selling him to Bayern Munich, and have instead had to rely a little too heavily on an out-of-form Cody Gakpo and a rapidly declining Mohamed Salah.Fans have been desperate to see some more pace and verve out wide, and according to esteemed transfer specialists David Ornstein and Fabrizio Romano, Liverpool are very much willing to answer them. Is it time for Liverpool to move on from Ibrahima Konate?
Would you be too disappointed to see him leave this summer?Credit: Burak Basturk/Middle East Images/AFP/Getty Images Could Michael Olise be Liverpool’s new winger?There has been no shortage of links to wide players for Liverpool in the run-up to the next summer transfer window.Michael Olise is one player who has been mentioned more than once, but speaking on his YouTube channel on Wednesday, Romano said that while he expects the Reds to be in the market for a winger, Bayern Munich are determined that it will not be Olise.“I see Liverpool going for important wingers, yes I do,” said the transfer expert. “But when it’s about Olise, my understanding is that Bayern are playing down all the reports because they see him staying.
They don’t want him to go.”Photo by Ulrik Pedersen/NurPhoto via Getty ImagesREAD MORE: Fabrizio Romano confirms if Alisson wants to stay at Liverpool beyond this summerOrnstein predicts arrival of Antoine Semenyo profile As well as Olise, Liverpool were heavily linked with Antoine Semenyo before he eventually joined Manchester City in January.And while speaking on The Athletic FC Podcast, Ornstein predicted that a player in Semenyo’s profile is very likely to remain on the radar at Anfield.“I expect a wide attacker to be signed, like a winger,” he said. Diomande, Doue, Williams and Barcola have been named as potential options…Credit: Boris Streubel/Maciej Rogowski/Eurasia Sport Images/David Ramos/Jean Catuffe/Getty Images “They were in for Semenyo previously, he didn’t come to them but I think that’s what they’re in the market for.”Olise aside, names such as Bradley Barcola, Anthony Gordon and Yan Diomande have been put forward as potential targets, but with firm links yet to be confirmed, it remains a guessing game as to which player Liverpool will push ahead to sign.Olise looks unlikely for the time being, but the promise of an addition of pace and goals from wide positions will excite supporters after being robbed of it all season.