Liverpool could have a busy summer on the transfer front as they look to improve their squad further in pursuit of continuing to challenge for trophies long-term.
The Reds have a healthy lead at the top of the Premier League table and are also in the last 16 of the Champions League and the League Cup final.
In addition, Liverpool may have to replace one or more of Virgil van Dijk, Trent Alexander-Arnold and Mohamed Salah, who are all out of contract this summer as things stand.
One centre-back Liverpool are monitoring has won a number of Reds fans over with his latest display and supporters have been calling for the club to sign him.
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Liverpool fans call for Dean Huijsen signing
The player in question is Bournemouth star Dean Huijsen, who has been linked with Liverpool for a number of months.
TBR Football understand Liverpool, Newcastle and Aston Villa all made contact to sign Huijsen before his move to the Cherries in June.
More recently, Huijsen’s camp has made contact with Liverpool and a number of other clubs about a potential summer move.
The Spain Under-21 international is set to be available for a fee in the region of £49-55million in the summer as a release clause becomes active.
Huijsen impressed on Saturday as Bournemouth overcame Wolverhampton Wanderers on penalties to reach the FA Cup quarter-finals.
This prompted Liverpool fans to call for his signing, with one writing on X: “Deal should already be done, no messing about just trigger it!”
Another fan said: “Dean Huijsen would be a fantastic addition.
“Virgil won’t be with us forever unfortunately so long term view always important.”
The calls to sign Huijsen kept coming, with one fan writing: “Should be a deal we have locked in may like we did with Konate.”
Another supporter said: “We do love a release clause… there is no VVD replacement out there but this kid will not be too far off.
“We must do everything to bring him to #LFC especially the link from Hughes.
“I think a lot of clubs will be in for him and like Yoro it’s Vital we sign a young CB.”
Another simply wrote: “Huijsen is the one”.
How Dean Huijsen fared against Wolves
Huijsen was one of Bournemouth’s better players on the day, clocking up some impressive statistics.
| Dean Huijsen stats v Wolves | |
| Clearances | 5 |
| Blocked shots | 1 |
| Interceptions | 1 |
| Ground duels (won) | 3 (1) |
| Aerial duels (won) | 7 (6) |
| Touches | 97 |
| Accurate passes | 73/77 (95%) |
| Key passes | 3 |
| Long balls (acc.) | 5 (4) |
| Shots on target | 2 |
| Shots off target | 2 |
| Shots blocked | 1 |
He weighed in with five clearances, one block and one interception, and won seven duels throughout the game.
Huiisen was also busy in the final third, with three key passes, two shots on target and a further three that were either blocked or off target.
At just 19 years of age, he’s still very much at the beginning of his career, and already he’s delivering some truly outstanding displays.
