{"id":415242,"date":"2025-09-11T07:41:14","date_gmt":"2025-09-11T07:41:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/415242\/"},"modified":"2025-09-11T07:41:14","modified_gmt":"2025-09-11T07:41:14","slug":"liverpool-planning-to-recreate-leoni-transfer-as-scouts-track-european-giants-breakout-prodigy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/415242\/","title":{"rendered":"Liverpool planning to recreate Leoni transfer as scouts track European giants\u2019 breakout prodigy"},"content":{"rendered":"

Liverpool signed Giovanni Leoni from Parma just under a month ago, and they already appear to have eyes on a similar coup for 2026.<\/p>\n

The 18-year-old defender joined the Reds in a \u00a326m deal<\/a> on the eve of the new Premier League season, and although he\u2019s yet to make his debut for Arne Slot\u2019s side (it\u2019s earmarked for the Carabao Cup tie against Southampton<\/a>), he\u2019s come to Merseyside with a lofty reputation in his native Italy<\/a>.<\/p>\n

It seems that the Anfield hierarchy are now plotting a potential move for another teenage centre-back who\u2019s been catching the eye in Europe of late.<\/p>\n

Liverpool among high-profile suitors for Aaron Bouwman<\/p>\n

According to TEAMtalk<\/a>, Liverpool are among several leading European clubs to have scouted Ajax prodigy Aaron Bouwman, who made his senior debut for the Amsterdam giants last month shortly before his 18th birthday and is also wanted by Chelsea, Barcelona and both Manchester sides.<\/p>\n

The 6 foot 2 defender is understood to have impressed in that fixture against Telstar, and he\u2019s already been earmarked to \u2018join the lineage\u2019 of great Dutch centre-backs such as his idol, a certain Virgil van Dijk.<\/p>\n

In response to the growing interest from overseas, the Ajax hierarchy are seeking to enter talks over a new contract for the teenager, whose current deal runs to 2027.<\/p>\n

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(Photo by Marco Luzzani\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n

What qualities could Bouwman offer to Liverpool?<\/p>\n

The report from TEAMtalk<\/a> describes Bouwman as \u2018a potential world-class talent\u2019 who offers a \u2018blend of physicality, technical prowess and tactical intelligence\u2019 and has also stood out for his intelligent reading of the game and his ball distribution \u2013 very much like a younger clone of Van Dijk.<\/p>\n

The 18-year-old can also make an impact in the opposition\u2019s penalty box, having started out as a striker in the Ajax academy and scored a fantastic goal in a friendly win over Celtic in July.<\/p>\n

The current Liverpool captain will be almost 36 by the end of his current contract in June 2027, and as much as we dread the thought of it, there\u2019ll come a point in the foreseeable future where he\u2019s no longer at Anfield.<\/p>\n

Unlike Leoni, who already had the bulk of a full season in Parma\u2019s first team before he joined the Reds, Bouwman is still quite raw, with only one senior appearance to his name thus far.<\/p>\n

He wouldn\u2019t yet be ready for a place in Slot\u2019s squad, but considering the quantity and stature of the clubs who are tracking him, he\u2019s evidently a player with enormous potential.<\/p>\n

His name could be one to keep an eye out for over the course of this season, and we expect that there\u2019ll be a few more scouting missions from Liverpool as they seek out another prodigious centre-back talent from Europe.<\/p>\n

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