Liverpool “would be interested in” Bayer Leverkusen’s Kai Havertz – that’s according to David Maddock of the Mirror. Maddock was speaking on a recent episode of the Blood Red podcast.
The Reds recently decided against paying Timo Werner’s release clause, another Bundesliga-based player with whom they have been strongly linked but despite that, Maddock believes the Anfield giants would consider making a move for the 21-year-old.
When the subject of the German came up, Maddock said: “Liverpool certainly tracked him, absolutely, undoubtedly for many years and would be interested in him Havertz”.
The player has been in impressive form for Peter Bosz’s side so far this season, contributing 11 goals and five assists in 26 Bundesliga appearances (as per Transfermarkt.co.uk). A product of the club’s youth set-up, we can assume Havertz is an extremely popular figure at the BayArena and is currently valued at £72.9m.
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The German international’s average performance rating in the Bundesliga this season stands at 7.34/10 according to WhoScored.com, however, in the Europa League, he has picked up a rating of 8.08/10 which we believe to be highly impressive.
Although Maddock believes Jurgen Klopp’s side would be interested, in our opinion, the likely cost that would be involved in bringing the player to Merseyside may prevent Liverpool from entering the race for his signature.
Havertz has predominantly operated as an attacking midfielder for his current club. However, due to injuries within the squad, he has been playing as a forward for Bayer Leverkusen of late but with Klopp’s team not currently inclusive of specialist attacking-midfielders it is fair to raise questions about where he would fit into their current system.