After the Moises Caicedo scandal, a pundit tells Liverpool to “bring in Nicolo Barella.”

 

Liverpool should recruit Nicolo Barella from

Inter Milan, according to Jermaine Pennant.

The holding midfield issues facing Liverpool

FC are as obvious as day. Despite our recent

efforts to get Moises Caicedo and Romeo

Lavia, both players ultimately decided to

sign with Chelsea rather than the Reds. That

implies that the Reds must deal with the

problem. Jermaine Pennant, a former

Liverpool winger, advised the Reds to sign

Nicolo Barella in light of it.

 

Speaking to bettingsites.co.uk via ECHO, here is what he said:

“I’d like to see Liverpool bring in Nicolo

Barella from Inter Milan. He looks a really

 

 

good player in that holding position as well.”

“Another player I’d like to see brought in is

Khephren Thuram from Nice, he looks a

wonderful player and is a similar age to

Moises Caicedo and Romeo Lavia. I’d be

excited about him. There’s some good options.”

Obviously, losing out on two long-chased

targets would hurt the Reds to some extent.

However, the price tags for these players

mean that the Reds could reinvest that

amount in securing the services of any other

midfielder with a great track record of

success. Barella, in that respect, fits the bill better than most.

 

Jermaine Pennant tells Liverpool to sign Nicolo Barella.

 

 

Players like Barella are paramount when it

comes to controlling the tempo of the game.

Although he plays the Thiago kind of role on

the right side of central midfield for Inter,

his profile, passing range and could mean

that he could easily adapt in a midfield trio

alongside Alexis Mac Allister and Dominik Szoboszlai.

As we saw in the game against Chelsea, the

likes of Cody Gakpo cannot do what James

Milner or Jordan Henderson did. We were

much better in phases in that game when

Curtis Jones came on for the Dutchman,

indicating the serious need for another

actual starting quality midfielder.

It is true that the Reds have their options

wide open. The only thing we do not have

on our hands is time. Could’ve argued for

the lack of investment as well, but our bid

of£110m for Moises Caicedo speaks

otherwise. We could buy a midfielder, a

centre-back and return with change. No

situation is better than that for the Reds.

 

Inter Milan’s Nicolo Barella could greatly benefit Liverpool.

Inter Milan’s Nicolo Barella could greatly benefit Liverpool.

Barella is 26 and in the prime of his

footballing career. If he moves to the Reds

and puts up his best football in a Liverpool

jersey, the up-and-coming talent from the

youth squads can learn so much from him

and obviously, Thiago and take the torch

over in the long-term.

Only time will tell whether Liverpool will

heed Jermaine Pennant’s counsel and make

a move for Nicolo Barella. While securing

the services of a player of his calibre may

not be straightforward, the investments

would surely be worth it. His current deal

with Inter expires in 2026 (Transfermarkt).