LFC Daytrippers contributor Sean Lawson has suggested the Watford winger Ismaila Sarr could be a potential transfer target for Liverpool this summer during a recent episode of the podcast.
The Senegalese international joined Watford from the French side Stade Rennais for a fee of £27m back in 2019. Sarr arrived in England having scored 18 Ligue 1 goals and has since made 30 appearances for the Hornets, contributing six goals and six assists (as per Transfermarkt.co.uk).
Links between the Watford man and Liverpool have been made in recent days, with the Liverpool Echo claiming that Sarr is ‘someone on the Anfield shortlist’.
Watford suffered relegation from the Premier League at the end of the 2019/20 campaign and that is one of the reasons why Liverpool may feel he is a player they could acquire, according to Lawson. Here is what he had to say on the rumours:
“I reckon there is definitely something in it, because look at the profile; he’s relegated, he’s young, he’s mouldable, he’s [Sadio] Mane’s little brother, so to speak; and he’s kind of exactly what we’re looking for at the moment – cover for the wide lads and he can play off [the] left or right.
“I’d imagine if he’s up for grabs, we will be in the hat.”
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According to Transfermarkt.co.uk, Sarr is valued at £22.05m and his average performance rating in the Premier League last season was 6.71/10 which we believe to be respectable when you take into account it was his first season in the English top-flight, his age and how poorly Watford performed overall.
It remains to be seen whether or not Jurgen Klopp will see him as somebody capable of providing cover for his wide forwards both now and in the future.