Takumi Minamino to undergo Liverpool medical ahead of transfer from Red Bull Salzburg
Takumi Minamino will have a medical at Liverpool on Wednesday ahead of a proposed move from Red Bull Salzburg in January.
Liverpool began negotiations to sign the 24-year-old, who has a £7.25m release clause in his contract, last week and he is now expected to officially arrive at Anfield on January 1.
The Japan attacking-midfielder impressed against Liverpool in their two Champions League group games this season, scoring at Anfield.
Salzburg sporting director Christoph Freund said last week it was an „honour“ to have Champions League champions Liverpool interested in their players.
Minamino has scored seven goals in all competitions for the Austrian league leaders this season as they finished third in the group phase, dropping into the Europa League last-32.
Liverpool have insisted the proposed deal for Minamino is not for commercial reasons and based solely on football ability and suitability to Jurgen Klopp’s squad.
Minamino joined RB Salzburg from Japanese side Cerezo Osaka for less than £1m in 2015.
‘Minamino gives Liverpool more attacking quality’
Analysis from German football expert Raphael Honigstein on the latest episode of the Transfer Talk podcast…
„He’s different because he’s not comparable to any of the front three forwards they have at the moment.
„Sadio Mane is very different from Mohamed Salah and Salah is very different from Roberto Firmino. Now you add a fourth guy and you can’t really say he’s going to be a replacement for X, Y or Z but what it does give you is just a bit more attacking quality.
„What Liverpool have seen over the last year or so was that whenever you bring on Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain he perhaps doesn’t quite have the impact as one of the front three. He’s better in midfield and Xherdan Shaqiri, for all his deft skills, doesn’t really do it consistently enough. And unless you play Divock Origi through the middle it doesn’t really work. Yes, you can swap him for Firmino, but not Mane or Salah.
„So, to have a fourth guy that you can rely on would really release the pressure on the other three rocket men up front and would allow Jurgen Klopp to rotate a little bit. It makes a lot of sense to have the fourth guy.
„I was probably expecting Liverpool to make a move for Timo Werner. He could have been the fourth guy, but it didn’t happen. Minamino is a lot cheaper but perhaps also has more value in terms of the improvement and the places he can go.
„Again, Liverpool have learned as a club that you don’t buy the finished article for £100m. You buy that’s going to be worth £50m, £60m or £100m three years down the line thanks to good coaching and thanks to playing in a team that works, and that’s really the key behind their recent successes.
„In Premier League terms, Minamino’s release clause is almost a free transfer. It’s less than £10m and you don’t get anyone inside the Premier league for that kind of money. Even when you look at Germany or France it’s incredibly cheap so even if it doesn’t work out for some reason it still wouldn’t be a problem because you’d get your money back. It’s a no-brainer of a deal in financial terms.“
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