Liverpool considering offer for Wolverhampton Wanderers midfielder Mario Lemina?

Liverpool have reportedly identified Wolverhampton Wanderers midfielder Mario Lemina as a potential transfer target.

The Merseyside giants have witnessed as many as five players for the centre of the pitch move on to pastures new this summer, the sales of Fabinho and Jordan Henderson having initially not been anticipated.

As a result, Jurgen Klopp has been left short of options with only Alexis Mac Allister having been signed from Brighton & Hove Albion.

Recently, Liverpool have tried and failed to beat Chelsea in the races for Moises Caicedo and Romeo Lavia respectively, Klopp now left scrambling for fresh faces before the end of August.

Stuttgart’s Waturu Endo appears to be on his way to Anfield in a deal worth a small percentage of what Liverpool were willing to pay for Caicedo.

However, Klopp will want at least one more addition for the engine room to complement the other options that he has at his disposal ahead of their Europa League fixtures being added to the schedule.

According to Foot Mercato, Liverpool are one of a number of clubs who have started to include Lemina on their shortlist of possible acquisitions.

The 29-year-old has quickly established himself as an influential member of Wolves’ squad since arriving from Nice as recently as January.

A total of 18 starts and two substitute appearances have been made during that time, the only fixture missed by the 29-year-old coming after a harsh red card against Southampton in February.

Lemina formed an effective midfield trio alongside Joao Gomes and Matheus Nunes versus Manchester United on Monday evening, but it appears that it has only further showcased his ability to admirers.

As well as Liverpool, two other unnamed clubs in the Premier League are said to be monitoring the situation, as well as teams in Saudi Arabia.

While the report adds that Lemina, who has a contract at Wolves until 2025, is happy at Molineux, a transfer elsewhere cannot be ruled out at this stage.

Wolves are said to have paid in the region of €11m to sign Lemina and would expect significantly more than that figure if they were to give the green light to a sale, one which would further boost their ailing position with FFP

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Semedo | Wolves will ‘take confidence’ from season opener

Nelson Semedo believes Wolves will be in confident mood heading into this weekend’s Premier League fixture against Brighton & Hove Albion after an impressive showing at Old Trafford in their season opener.

Although the Old Gold somehow left the north-west empty handed, Semedo feels the ‘incredible’ performance from his teammates against Manchester United will set up the squad well going into the first home game of the season as the Seagulls visit Molineux on Saturday.

On falling to United in opening game

“We did very well for a team that is starting with a new coach. The work we put on and also the way we played was very good, and we have a good sensation for the next games and we hope to get points.

“I did well, but more important was the team performance. That was really good. Everybody left the pitch with the sensation that we deserved better and we did enough to leave Old Trafford with at least a draw.

“I guess that’s a good feeling, everybody leaving the pitch mad because we deserved more.”

“It’s disappointing because I think we deserved more. At least a draw because we did enough to have at least a draw, but the game is gone and we’re going to have to keep working and looking forward to Brighton now at home.

“I hope the fans stay with us at home like they stayed with us today. The support was incredible, and we hope to give them back that support as well.”

On taking confidence into Brighton

“We’ve got to take this game and take confidence from it. I know that we lost the game but what we did on the pitch was incredible, everybody did a good performance.

“We’ve got to take this game as an example to keep working this way every day and try to get more points.”

“We had the new coach for four days only but what we did on the pitch was incredible. It’s been good and he’s got good ideas.

“We’re trying to go into his ideas as well and he’s trying to help us and we’re trying to help him as well. With more days of work we’re going to do a good season.”