Liverpool could sign a THIRD Leverkusen star | OneFootball

Liverpool known for having their favourite clubs to shop from in the transfer market.

At first, Southampton were the favourite selling club, then it was RB Leipzig and now it's Leverkusen.

The Reds were incredibly successful at developing a rapport and harvesting the best outlying crops that were set for a big move in their career. Sadio Mane, Virgil Van Dijk, Adam Lallana, and Danny Ings are all classic examples of player who moved to Merseyside from the Saints.

Over in Germany, we can track Ibrahima Konate, Naby Keita and Dominik Szoboszlai as the major players who have experienced both clubs and other targets such as Castello Lukeba could also move.

But the new-found interest is with Bayer Leverkusen, after the successful transfer of Jeremie Frimpong which was announced by the club earlier this week. Florian Wirtz is set to be next in line to sign a Liverpool contract and a potential third scalp could now be eyed up before the summer ends.

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Space remains open for Hincapie to join

Despite the likely transfer of Milos Kerkez from Bournemouth, the Reds might still be looking to fill a hole at left-back, bringing someone in who can help out from time to time and who might eventually be able to replace Andy Robertson when his deal runs out in 2027.

Furthermore, a centre-back is on Liverpool's list for recruitment and someone that is content to fill in around Virgil Van Dijk and Ibrahima Konate is going to be a difficult balance to strike.

Currently, Joe Gomez fulfils both of those duties, but the Englishman is increasingly unavailable from one season to the next and his contract also ends in 2027. The club might decide to move him on this summer, but regardless, the Reds' current longest-serving player is on borrowed time.

At Leverkusen, Piero Hincapié is a player that would be able to solve all Liverpool's problems at once.

At 23 years old, he fits the club's ideal age profile brief to a tee and despite his age, he already has a wealth of experience to fall back on. His development years are over, he's an incredibly reliable asset.

Anfield Watch understands the club has also monitored him several times over the last few seasons so the interest is there.

In addition, he is a regular in the Leverkusen squad and he is able to cover multiple positions, occasionally playing as the left-sided centre-back, who would be Liverpool's ideal left-back, as well as the middle centre-back in Alonso's back three set-up.

As such, he would provide competition for Van Dijk, which would help the Dutchman to prolong his career by not playing every single minute of every game, as well as helping Robertson and Kerkez.

He's 6ft, so he would be another tall asset to have in the opposition's box at corners and as mentioned earlier, his versatility makes him a perfect long-term replacement for the flexible Gomez role.

Jorrel Hato at Ajax is a player who has also been earmarked as a target and he would perform similarly to Hincapie, although Chelsea are said to be interested in him, so we might now have an alternative.

But convincing Leverkusen to give three players away to Liverpool is a significant ask. Erik Ten Hag is now the successor to Xabi Alonso, so his assessment of his squad will be crucial before we can get our hopes up, but once they've signed off on giving two players to the Reds, why stop there?