Barcelona outcast could follow Ronald Araujo to Liverpool in January

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Ronald Araujo has been an instant success at Liverpool after joining on loan from Barcelona in August, with fans keen to see the Uruguayan’s move become a permanent affair. Araujo’s success should make Liverpool more open to other possible loan signings, and, as luck would have it, another ideal opportunity could arise at Barcelona in January, with claims from Sport that Alejandro Balde is looking to copy his former captain and leave in the winter window.Alisson and Virgil van Dijk have made costly mistakes in recent weeks.

Alejandro Balde aiming to copy Araujo’s success Liverpool have well-documented issues at left-back currently, with both Milos Kerkez and Kostas Tsimikas struggling so far this season. According to Sport, Liverpool are interested in Balde, and have already spoken to the player’s agent, Jorge Mendes, about the conditions of a January transfer.

If those conditions are met, Balde is said to be open to then leaving Barcelona permanently, and as they continue to look for solutions at left-back, that sounds like the ideal kind of situation for Liverpool. Not playing is generating this interest.” Araujo was similarly invested in Barcelona before joining Liverpool, but after seeing just how well he has acclimatised at Anfield, Balde should take note, and with the Reds seemingly keeping tabs on his situation, this could easily be another Barcelona to Liverpool success story.