Being a good, young left-back with Premier League experience is not the only reason he is being connected to Liverpool. Sporting director Richard Hughes, who joined Liverpool in the summer after leaving Bournemouth, signed the defender for his former club.

Liverpool permanently signed Italy international Federico Chiesa from Juventus last summer while Georgia goalkeeper Giorgi Mamardashvili will move to Anfield next summer from Valencia

Liverpool are poised to send a 20-year-old midfielder out on loan this month. Arne Slot - ranked at no.9 in FourFourTwo's list of the best managers in the world right now - has enjoyed a stunning start to life on Merseyside as his Liverpool side begins to set their sights on silverware this season.