Key Highlights
- After weeks and months of pursuit, Liverpool's attempts to get their desired target have not come to fruition. AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementHow keen and how serious the club's interest was in comparison to Man City remains moot.
- We may never know how close Liverpool got to completing this deal, or just how far away they were from it. One would like to think that given Richard Hughes has a close connection with Semenyo, if there was very serious interest in him, the Reds might have got it over the line. They clearly like Semenyo, and have been wanting to add a similar profile to him for a while. But they might just be moving onto other targets, players who they think could be better-suited to the way the Reds want to play. Anfield Watch understands that the club has added Kevin Schade to their shortlist for the summer window.
- The German international has been followed by Liverpool scouts for over five years now and back when he started to emerge as an exciting youngster at Freiburg, the Reds did already consider making a move for him. AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementJurgen Klopp was thought to be a particularly big fan of his playing style, but in the end, Liverpool were deterred by the big fee being asked for the youngster. Schade moved to Brentford and has become one of their key players over the course of the last two seasons.
- He already has nine goal contributions in the Premier League this season, and is very close to bettering his 13 goal contributions from the previous season. Predominantly a left-winger, Schade is very much of the Semenyo mould.
- He's just entering his prime at 24-years-old, and he is more of an inside-forward or inverted winger rather than a direct winger who likes to hold width. Like Semenyo, he can play as a forward, and while he is not as effective in one vs one situations, he does have other skills in his locker that make him an ideal option for Liverpool. AdvertisementAdvertisementAdvertisementFor one, Schade is extremely fast.