Liverpool are reported to have taken a shock interest in bringing Luis Suarez to Anfield, with the price tag for the Almeria striker emerging and with the Reds one of six sides linked with a move for a player who shares his name with one of the club\u2019s modern greats.<\/p>\n
The Reds are in the market for a new centre forward this summer after Slot decided to dispense of the services of their previous club record signing Darwin Nunez. And while talks over the Uruguayan\u2019s sale to Napoli are expected to resume soon, a grieving Liverpool<\/a> \u2013 still in shock and mourning the tragic death of Diogo Jota last week \u2013 are not in a hurry to rekindle talks of any nature for now as they still come to terms with the tragedy.<\/p>\n While Liverpool have already pledged to do the right thing by Jota\u2019s grieving family<\/a>, Slot will also not be swayed from his own transfer focuses, and in particular, signing an upgrade for Nunez to play through the middle and lead the line for the Premier League champions.<\/p>\n To that end, a number of options, ranging from the ambitious in Alexander Isak, to the more realistic, albeit costly, Hugo Ekitike, have been discussed this summer.<\/p>\n A third option, in Napoli\u2019s Victor Osimhen, has seemingly now been taken off the menu if Monday morning\u2019s update proves accurate and with the Nigerian striker instead picking a move elsewhere.<\/p>\n However, according to reports in Portugal, a new option has now entered Liverpool\u2019s thinking with a potential move for Almeria striker Suarez suddenly becoming a concrete option in Richard Hughes and Slot\u2019s thinking.<\/p>\n The Colombia striker \u2013 who shares his name with one of the Reds\u2019 modern-day greats, the latter of which scored 82 times in 133 appearances between 2011 and 2014 before joining Barcelona \u2013 is now very much an option for Liverpool.<\/p>\n According to A Bola<\/a>, Slot\u2019s side has a genuine interest in signing the Almeria frontman, who has just enjoyed his most productive season yet, scoring 31 goals in 43 games in\u00a0Segunda Division.<\/p>\n However, any move for the striker may not necessarily be straightforward, given the report lists five other sides who have expressed an interest in signing the 27-year-old Colombian.<\/p>\n READ MORE<\/strong>\u00a0\u27a1\ufe0f\u00a0Victor Osimhen finally picks next club as Liverpool, Man Utd learn their fate<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n Liverpool learn asking price for Luis Suarez transfer<\/strong><\/p>\n Per the report, Almeria are seeking a fee in the region of \u20ac25m (\u00a321.6m, $29.4m) for a striker who has struck a total of 92 career goals across 304 appearances throughout his career.<\/p>\n Counting the likes of Marseille, Real Zaragoza and Granada among his former clubs, the journeyman attacker \u2013 who can play across the frontline \u2013 has had a spell in English football before, though managed not a single appearance during a three-year spell at Watford between 2017 and 2021, having been sent out on a series of loans instead during that time.<\/p>\n Now coming into his peak, the report claims the Reds are joined in the chase for Suarez\u2019s signature by five other clubs, with\u00a0Manchester United, Atletico Madrid, Juventus, Sporting CP and Sunderland also all credited with an interest.<\/p>\n Whether Liverpool actually make a concrete move remains to be seen. However, given Slot is likely to chase a more established option, playing at a higher level than the Spanish second tier, and given the Reds have already shelled out the best part of \u00a3190m in transfer fees this summer, two additions to play in attack do appear somewhat unlikely.<\/p>\n Of course, Liverpool could yet sell off a number of other players in their squad to help finance further business this summer.<\/p>\n Either way, journalist Henry Winter has hailed the Reds for their incredible business this summer \u2013 and not just on the new arrivals front.<\/p>\n Posting on his\u00a0X<\/a>\u00a0account, Winter marvelled: \u2018Richard Hughes and Liverpool obviously doing very smart business upgrading team\/squad.<\/p>\n \u2018\u00a3187.5m outlay on Wirtz, Kerkez, Frimpong and Pecsi. Currently linked with Guehi and Ekitike, so potential further substantial outlay there.<\/p>\n \u2018But they\u2019ll have generated *very roughly* \u00a3150m+ if Elliott, Nunez, Morton and Tsimikas follow Quansah, Kelleher, Trent and Phillips out.<\/p>\n \u2018In the era of PSR, spread of amortised costs and pure profit on home-grown, this is very shrewd, very successful, almost Micawber-level book-balancing by LFC.\u2019<\/p>\n Liverpool transfer round-up: Isak \u2018cannot be ruled out\u2019; Luis Diaz sale reports<\/strong><\/p>\n As for Isak,\u00a0a\u00a0high-profile commentator insists the prospects of the Swede departing Newcastle and joining Slot\u2019s side this summer cannot be ruled out<\/a>, amid reports that a\u00a0\u2018wage-structure-breaking\u2019 contract is being prepared for the 25-year-old Swede.<\/p>\n As stated, the Premier League champions also like Ekitike, and the\u00a0France Under-21s striker has made his stance on a potential move to Anfield abundantly clear<\/a>.<\/p>\n An Eintracht Frankfurt official has also spoken out on the chances of the star making the move in the summer transfer window.<\/p>\n On the outgoing front,\u00a0Liverpool could still offload Luis Diaz this summer if a mega-money offer arrives on the table<\/a> and after a journalist claimed the club\u2019s \u2018not-for-sale\u2019 stance could yet force a dramatic U-turn.<\/p>\n