Liverpool fans have taken to Twitter to respond to the latest transfer rumour surrounding the club.
This comes after Liverpool news Twitter account @LFCTransferRoom shared a post on their page relaying news originally posted in a report by Sport.
This report claims that Reds manager Jurgen Klopp wants to see Sevilla centre-back Diego Carlos play next to Virgil van Dijk, and is willing to pay his release clause in order to get him to Anfield despite facing competition from Barcelona.
This post then gathered a number of replies from Liverpool fans who were eager to have their say on this latest news.
Here’s a sample of Liverpool fans responding to the post:
? | Klopp wants to see Sevilla center-back Diego Carlos play next to Virgil van Dijk, and is willing to pay his release clause in order to get him to Anfield despite facing competition from Barcelona. [@SPORT] pic.twitter.com/cYpHBwbDRm
— LFC Transfer Room (@LFCTransferRoom) April 13, 2020
Never happening at that price. We have gomez and matip. A cheap young replacement will come in to replace lovren
— Michael lee ???????????? (@Mikelee11148Lee) April 13, 2020
Wouldn’t even put him above Gomez tbh, pointless signing for that much money, all we need is a good backup with matip once lovren has gone.
— Lewis Imrie (@LewisImrie5) April 13, 2020
this just is not true… if anyone has listened to klopp talking about defence, they would know his preference is to have Gomez playing next to VVD.
— JamBos (@jambos81) April 13, 2020
Would any centre-back in the world replace Joe Gomez in the current Liverpool team?
Yes
No
The 27-year-old centre-back is currently valued at £28.8 million, according to Transfermarkt. Now that Carlos has reportedly caught the attention of Klopp in his first season at Sevilla, a lot of Liverpool fans have been airing their scepticism over this potential transfer move.
Why does this link keep coming up? Don’t see it i see us signing this Ben White lad for £20-£25m and letting him develop behind VVD, Gomez & Matip not us spending £60-£70m on a CB who we’ve never heard of up until the last month
— LFCharry (@001Haz) April 13, 2020
What about Joe Gomez
— Burgers (@SerikiDaniel) April 13, 2020
Gomez is 10x the defender Diego Carlos is
— Mr_B_A (@MrB10A) April 13, 2020
Good look to anyone trying to take Gomez’s place. He’s been incredible for two seasons.
— Will layton (@Theidlersdream) April 13, 2020
Why what’s wrong with Gomez
— Mike Newell (@MikeNew1106) April 13, 2020
@08Dannyw wow just wow
— (@DanielCull7) April 13, 2020
What do we think?
It appears that these Liverpool fans would rather see Joe Gomez continue playing alongside Van Dijk instead of Carlos. This shows that they have a lot of confidence in Gomez to hold down his place in the team.