Liverpool had monitored the French younger Nathan Zeze, who is impressed by Nantes, but the defender has chosen to move to Saudi despite Premier League interest
Saudi-Outfit Neom is almost a deal for a highly rated French defender Nathan Zeze with the 20-year-old set to choose the Middle East above a switch to the Premier League.
Liverpool was enthusiastic about Zeze, while Aston Villa, Everton and Bournemouth were also interested in the defender, who has drawn comparisons with William Saliba. Zeze came through the ranks at Nantes and continued to impress potential voorags.
De Zon reports that Bournemouth Verbaal delivered an offer of £ 17 million, but that was not enough to seduce Nantes when they tried to land the player back in May. Neom, however, seems to have won the race for Zeze and he will undergo a medical medical this week.
The young person, which was covered by the French U21 side and played at the euros this summer, will make a move in a deal of € 23 million (£ 19.9 million) with Nantes who ends up a 20 percent clause if Zeze would make a movement in the future.
Liverpool weighs what to do with their defensive options after he left Jarell Quansah to Bayer Leverkusen and Joe Gomez, leave early for the season with injury. The long -term future of Ibrahima Konate is also unclear with the player who is said to leave when his contract ends.
The Reds were connected to Crystal Palace skipper Marc Guehi, but talking about a move to Anfield has cooled. Arne Slot may still seem to add a center half before the summer is out, but it seems to have missed victory with Neom who won that race.
The Saudi club is well supported and has not been shy to underline their ambition. Former Nottingham Forest Sporting Director Kyriakos Dourekas now leads the recruitment in the outfit in the middle and they have said Benrahma and Alexandre Lacazette in their books.
Neom has just been promoted to the top flight in Saudi Aarabia and their task is to maintain that status, while also supervising plans for a new stadium and growing their global identity.
Clubs in Saudi have continued to attack the market and Joao Felix from Chelsea, who only moved to the blues last summer, closes a movement to join Cristiano Ronaldo at Al-Nassr. The Portuguese attacker is expected to sign just over £ 40 million. Theo Hernandez is another name to go to the middle -east with the Frenchman who leaves AC Milan to join all Hilal.