Selling the 25-year-old would require Liverpool to go out and find a replacement and with the transfer fee that is expected to arrive for Nunez, there will be some strong options on the table.

Matheus Cunha has been linked to Liverpool in recent weeks, but one man not being ruled out is Brighton’s Joao Pedro.



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Pedro is a player that has caught the eye of many Premier League clubs this season as the 23-year-old continues to prove himself in the English top flight.

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Liverpool have been one club linked to Pedro recently as the Brazilian seems to be a player the Merseyside club likes as he ticks a lot of boxes from his age to his style of play.

However, with a contract at Brighton until 2028, Pedro could cost Liverpool around £100m, and that could be a big problem according to Reds reporter David Lynch.

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“Joao Pedro, I don’t mind as a link, as it kind of makes sense to me.

I’ve no doubt he’s a player they are watching, I can say that on him,” Lynch told Anfield Index.

“But again, is the production quite there at the level Liverpool would be maybe looking for this summer?

I’m just not massively bought into that, but if that’s the profile they want, and we maybe don’t think Cunha is right because of the issues he’s got at the moment, Pedro certainly fits that bill.”

“So it’s not one I would like to rule out.

He is very young as well, so maybe he’s on the cusp and they can see that he’s on the cusp of having a real breakout.

“But of course, that’s not one I’d like to rule out, because I think that it’d be risky and maybe silly to do that because he takes a lot of the boxes and I know Liverpool have watched him.”

It is clear to see why Liverpool are targeting both Cunha and Pedro as they are natural strikers who have the ability to drop deep and create for teammates.



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Alexander Isak is the player Liverpool will want ahead of the 2025/26 campaign, but should that prove impossible, a move for Pedro would be the better option for the Reds this summer.