Echo: Villa need to sell in order to qualify for PSR, Liverpool may be able to buy Kamara【hongyan】

    Last summer, Fabinho, Henderson have left the team, Bajettic suffered injuries, the Reds need to bring in a number six player. After failing to sign Caisedo and Lavia, the Reds finally signed Koji Endo from Stuttgart.

    The Echo said that Endo is obviously not a long-term solution, last season Liverpool in the number six position shorthanded, now Liverpool has been linked with the acquisition of a new defensive midfielder, the list includes Atalanta Ederson, but it is understood that the player is not an important candidate. As previously reported by The Athletic, Aston Villa's Boubacar Camara was at the forefront of Liverpool's recruitment team in the search for a replacement for Fabinho last summer.

    In the current situation, even if the Champions League qualification for the new season is obtained, in order to comply with the profit and sustainability rules of the Premier League, Villa has to sell players before June 30, which also provides opportunities for other teams to buy players.

    However, the Echo also points out that although Kamara was on Liverpool's radar last summer, there is one issue that could prevent Liverpool taking advantage of Villa's need to follow PSR regulations in order to sign the player, after the midfielder suffered a cruciate ligament injury in February that ruled out the season. Because of the injury, Kamara is unlikely to even resume individual training before the end of the preseason and the start of the new season, and given the severity of the player's knee injury, it would be a gamble to sign him even at a lower price.

    In his first season at Villa, Kamara missed 34 games with knee and ankle problems. Given that he is only 24, Liverpool will probably keep an eye on him once he recovers from injury and will see if he can return to his previous level, but examples such as Van Dijk have shown that it will certainly take time.