Liverpool are on the verge of signing Preston defender Ben Davies on deadline day but it doesn’t look as though they are done there.
What’s the word?
Paul Joyce revealed late last night that Liverpool were in fact targeting two central defenders on transfer deadline day.
A move for Marseille defender Duje Ćaleta-Car now looks off the table but one move that could still happen is for someone plying their trade in the Premier League.
The Telegraph’s Chris Bascombe claimed in the last few hours that irons were in the fire and that Michael Edwards was spinning a few plates.
As a result of that, he noted it “could bring Shkodran Mustafi from Arsenal.”
The Reds have already been linked with a move for the £90-per-week centre-back in the window already in what would be a rather surprising move.
Edwards mistake
Liverpool may want two centre-backs on deadline day but it would be nothing short of a big error from Edwards to bring Mustafi to Merseyside.
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The fact of the matter is that the German is far too error-prone and for a defence that has relied on Virgil van Dijk – one of the best in the world – it would be like swapping The Ritz-Carlton for a Premier Inn on the side of a motorway!
According to the Premier League’s official statistics, Mustafi has made three individual errors leading to a goal but if you reflect upon his actual performances, they are far worse than that number indicates.
In fact, Football.London noted in April 2019 that the German had made as many as six errors that cost Arsenal during that particular campaign. He is a clumsy centre-back, one who has never been able to eradicate a moment of madness from his game, hence why he's not in Arsenal's plans.
The Germany international is about as error-prone as they come and judging by that, Liverpool are probably better off maintaining Jordan Henderson and Nat Phillips at the back than picking him. After all, they shipped just once against in-form West Ham on Sunday evening.