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Like Bremer, Locatelli has started every league game when fit, and he's now amassed 12 Champions League appearances in Turin too.
Federico Chiesa (25 years old, right winger/left winger/centre forward)
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Locatelli won the Bulgarelli Number 8 Award, given to Europe's best midfielder of the previous season, for 20/21. Previous recipients include Xavi, Andrea Pirlo and Andrés Iniesta.
That hasn't stopped Liverpool from sniffing around, with Calciomercato suggesting last month that they've identified him as a potential solution to their midfield problems.
Bremer was enjoying a standout campaign for the mid-table outfit, ultimately earning him a spot in the Serie A Team of the Year and, most impressively, the Best Defender Award.
Bremer's form at the Allianz Stadium earned a place in Tite's Brazil squad for the Qatar World Cup ahead of Arsenal's Premier League table-topper Gabriel.
That year, he led the big five leagues for passes into the final third (325), and was second in Serie A for tackles (81).
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He's already achieved continental success with his national team, having impressed in Italy's first two games en route to European Championships glory before Marco Verratti returned from injury.
A dream signing for Jürgen Klopp, Chiesa reportedly turned down Liverpool duri 世界杯游戏下注app ng his time at Fiorentina because he wanted to stay in Italy (Di Marzio via This is Anfield), and he then signed with Juventus.
Chiesa has been directly involved in 33 goals in 64 appearances for Juventus, averaging a contribution every 134 minutes and is valued at £51m by Transfermarkt.
But now the Juventus president has resigned from his post, along with the rest of the club's board, in a potentially seismic move.
In the end, he wound up joining Juve in the summer for a fee of €41m (£35.4m), and he's started every league match for which he's been available.
Off the back of a £220m loss last season, an Italian football record, the mass resignation has plunged the Bianconeri into crisis. And it's tempting to wonder now if the vultures will circle and look to pick off some of Juve's best players.
Andrea Agnelli was a key figure in the Super League proposals that, for a brief moment, involved Liverpool and their fellow Premier League heavyweights.
In 2020/21, his only full season with the Old Lady to date, he commendably scored 15 goals and provided 11 assists in all competitions and was named in the Serie A Team of the Year.
Locatelli is still officially on loan at Juventus from Sassuolo, but the Bianconeri have an obligation to buy him at the end of the season for a fee that could rise to €37.5m (£32.4m).
Gleison Bremer (25 years old, centre-back)
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Prosecutors and market regulators in Italy have been scrutinising Juventus' financial statements amid an investigation concerning 'revenues from player registration rights' between 2019 and 2021. The club deny any wrongdoing (via The Athletic).
This is, after all, a player who made the Team of the Tournament when Italy won the Euros, and subsequently landed the Pallone Azzurro prize for 2021, awarded to Italy's best player.
Back in the spring, Neil Jo 世界杯竞猜下注app nes of Goal reported that Liverpool were among the clubs watching Bremer, then of Torino.
Manuel Locatelli (24 years old, defensive midfielder/central midfielder)
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He made more interceptions (105) than anybody else in the big five leagues last season and also finished in Serie A's top three for blocks (54) and successful aerial duels (131).
An ACL injury would strike the following January, keeping him out until October, but Liverpool won't have forgotten about him. |
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