Andonio Iraola has shown he is the right man for Liverpool. Now the club will use the upcoming transfer windows to build on strengths in the squad and reduce weaknesses. At left-back, there is now an exciting candidate, who immediately gets a price tag in the top tier.
Maxim de Cuyper joined Brighton from Club Brugge in the summer of 2025 for €20 million. A year later, the Belgian player has entered the radar of Liverpool and several big clubs, reports Teamtalk.
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The 25-year-old has shown he masters the pace and intensity of the world’s toughest league as a modern wing-back, Teamtalk’s sources report that Brighton are well aware of the attention he is now attracting. Especially Liverpool, who urgently need left-back reinforcements into 2027, with doubts over Miloš Kerkez’s form and with Kostas Tsimikas likely to leave the club as a free agent.
Brighton are in second place in the Premier League after ten games and have no desire to sell players in January. According to the sources, Brighton have now slapped on a price tag of around £50 million, a price associated with the best full-backs on the market.
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Then we will see if Liverpool are intimidated, or if De Cuyper is “the chosen one” and worth the big investment.
