Liverpool tipped to target five Brazilian talents in transfer raid

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Liverpool have reached an agreement to bring Flamengo head of scouting Andrii Fedchenkov to Anfield in January 2027, according to ESPN Brasil.He is expected to join the club’s recruitment department when his Flamengo contract expires at the end of the year.The 30-year-old Ukrainian specialises in the South American, European and Japanese markets. Flamengo announced him as scouting manager on 6 February 2025, on the recommendation of football director José Boto, with whom he had worked at Shakhtar Donetsk and PAOK.He will stay at Flamengo until his contract ends in December, so Liverpool will not pay a fee.

Kaue Furquim (Bahia, forward)The 17-year-old joined Bahia from Corinthians in August 2025 after the club paid his R$14 million release clause. Corinthians accused Bahia of poaching him.He scored a hat-trick in Brazil Under-17’s 5-0 win over Bolivia at the South American Championship in April and was named best player of the match.By the end of September he had scored eight goals in 12 Under-17 appearances this year, according to Correio, and he has played 14 times for Bahia’s senior side.

He started in the Brazil team that won the 2025 South American Under-20 Championship.Tottenham have sent representatives to watch him. Brazil have called him up for the Under-17 World Cup in Qatar, which runs from 19 November to 13 December.5.