The £60m “magic” star is Liverpool’s top target

This is a new year. Is this Liverpoolyear? Let’s not rush – especially with Arsenal narrowing the deficit in Premier League title race with an impressive win at Brentford – but the Reds are firmly in pole position.

Gunners without Saka reduced the deficit to six points, jumping over Nottingham Forest to another place. There is still a considerable gap to bridge to Liverpool, who also have a game in hand, but too many false dawns have stretched across Merseyside in recent years.

Liverpool has had many success stories over the past decade, but it also has many painful memories. That’s football. That is astonishing Arne Slott did so well after the catch Jurgen Kloppbat last summer, lifting Liverpool to another level that promises, at the very least, exciting clashes on multiple cylinders.

The signatures are still needed to complement – hopefully – some exciting treaty resolutions. Liverpool only dipped into the market race last summer, but they will need to strengthen significantly this year, lest their rivals catch up and overtake them this year and next.

Liverpool are on the hunt for a big signing this year

According to Football InsiderLiverpool did Morgan Gibbs-White their main target this year, with the dynamic midfielder gifted with the completeness to make more than a few waves within the Anfield squad.

It is claimed that FSGThe recruitment team have stepped up their interest in the Nottingham Forest star ‘ahead of the January and summer transfer window’, suggesting a move this winter is not out of the question.

Gibbs-White was the engine of life Nuno Espirito Santois the third ranked team this year, and winning it will not be easy. Actually, he was valued at £60 million per his off-season attire and will hardly be looking for a reduced figure after progressing this term.

What would Morgan Gibbs-White bring to Anfield

Nottingham Forest appeared to have splurged on their return to the Premier League in 2022, splashing around the market as they tried to keep their place in the big time. It worked. Only.

But English football felt the business was run haphazardly. English football was wrong. The Tricky Trees have grown into one of the tightest and most cohesive units in the Premier League, with Gibbs-White pulling the strings from midfield.

Forest have signed the Wolves talent in August 2022 for a fee that goes up to £42.5 millionsomething that was met with derision in many quarters of the Premier League’s wide fan base. Tricky Trees will feel they have had the last laugh, as Gibbs-White has been one of the Premier League’s best performing midfielders this season.

Still only 24, Gibbs-White has he has now claimed a contribution of 35 goals of 95 appearances, and was praised as a “monster in transition” by one analystthe general game of the Englishman was highlighted, with such an impressive difference throughout his play, yes, but also his work in defense and keeping the ball.

Also praised for its “magic tricks” reporter Jamie Martin, star who earns £80k a week he has a quick-footed, thinking style that works perfectly at the City Ground, blending flair with tactical pragmatics.

There is also combativeness and a sense of responsibility. Free scoring Chris Wood commented that Gibbs-White has become “a really positive leader for Forest” who is “always looking to improve the team.”

Carrying the full package, Gibbs-White might even become Slot’s own version Steven Gerrard in Liverpool. That’s a bold claim, but just hear us out.

Slott’s very own Steven Gerrard

Steven George Gerrard. Liverpool’s ultimate superstar. The iconic English midfielder made the biggest triumph in the Champions League in history, played 710 times for his boyhood club and contributed 341 goals.

The Premier League title eluded him, but he remained on Merseyside throughout his European career and forged a bond with the city that will last forever.

He was the perfect central midfielder, in many ways, as his all-round nature made him a force to be reckoned with in a variety of roles. Eight, six, ten – he could do it all, and it was insignificant.

Gibbs-White has the prototypical skill to take the kind of dynamic approach Gerrard once used in the Premier League, with his playmaking and ball-carrying skills reminiscent of the Scouse hero. Moreover, Forest’s midfield talisman fueled impressive defensive play through Nuno’s strategic system.

The skills learned during this time are transferable, and Liverpool would surely reap the rewards of such an impressive tactical range. In fact, Gibbs-White was even fondly referred to as “Aldi Jude Bellingham” BBC analyst Raj Chohanpraising his athleticism and ability to break through even the noblest defensive lines.

Bellingham is cut from a similar cloth as Gerrard, describing the retired prof as his “hero” and admitting that he tried to incorporate similar aspects into his own game.

Jamie Carragher also waxed lyrical about Bellingham and drew him against the superb Gerrard, with his strength in every single area something unique and difficult to replicate.

After all, Liverpool know their famous captain is someone who will never be replaced, not really, but through Gibbs-White, whose silky long-range passing, sharp challenges and leadership skills provide a template, a second coming to the minors could happen.

One thing is certain: Slott’s tactical acumen would only elevate Gibbs-White’s impressive game in the coming years, and while he has been attracting attention since his move to Nottingham, he would raise his game by many levels at Liverpool.