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Links to Alexander Isak are gathering pace.

Centre-forward aside, though, it is starting to become clear that Liverpool are also ready to do some work on the left side of their attack.

And after a plan from 2024 was brought to light this week, Richard Hughes looks ready to make an important addition.

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Liverpool are well stocked on the left side of their attack and have been for a number of years.

Slot has rotated between Luis Diaz and Cody Gakpo this season, with Gakpo emerging as the more potent goal threat of the two.

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However, it has been reliably reported this week that Liverpool tried to sign Khvicha Kvaratskhelia in 2024, before leaving him on-loan at Napoli for the 2024/25 season.

Slot and Hughes clearly had it in mind to rebuild the left side of the forward line in the summer of 2025.

Given that Liverpool are said to have offered £84m to sign Kvaratskhelia, it seems they are prepared to go big in order to do that.

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Clearly, they were happy with Diaz and Gakpo for the season ahead, but it seems that a plan has already been in place to move on from either one or the other in 2025.

As a result of his ongoing contract uncertainty, it’s probable that Diaz is the man under threat.

It would not be a surprise to see the Colombian leave and a replacement arrive in the months ahead.

We quite liked Liverpool’s plan to sign Kvaratskhelia and park him at Napoli for another season.

Liverpool have missed their chance.

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It could have been that it was Kvaratskhelia or no one for Hughes and Liverpool and they are instead happy to proceed with Diaz and Gakpo into the future.

But Diaz has been relentlessly linked with Barcelona.

His form has tailed off in the second half of the season and it now feels like an exit could be good timing for everyone involved.

If Liverpool are to then enter the left winger market, then there are plenty of exciting options out there.