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Liverpool scouts will be watching top Champions League transfer target

By David Gate

SINGAPORE - JULY 30: Thomas Partey of Atletico Madrid and Adrien Rabiot of Paris Saint Germain challenge for the ball during the International Champions Cup 2018 match between Atletico Madrid and Paris Saint Germain at the National Stadium on July 30, 2018 in Singapore. (Photo by Suhaimi Abdullah/Getty Images for ICC)
SINGAPORE - JULY 30: Thomas Partey of Atletico Madrid and Adrien Rabiot of Paris Saint Germain challenge for the ball during the International Champions Cup 2018 match between Atletico Madrid and Paris Saint Germain at the National Stadium on July 30, 2018 in Singapore. (Photo by Suhaimi Abdullah/Getty Images for ICC) /
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Liverpool scouts will be watching one of the Reds’ chief targets tonight in Adrien Rabiot as PSG head to Anfield in the Champions League.

Almost every eye in Anfield will be keenly watching the performances of Jurgen Klopp’s Liverpool side. However there will be a handful of scouts who will be taking extensive notes on one Paris Saint Germain player; Adrien Rabiot.

The French international has been heavily linked to a summer move to Merseyside after he indicated he would not be signing a new contract at PSG. His current deal runs out in June 2019 and Michael Edwards and his team could make a swoop for Rabiot on a free transfer.

He is predicted to start tonight in the Champions League group stage opener at Anfield. It will be fascinating to see how the classy midfielder handles the lights and pressure of a European night in front of the Kop.

Tonight will be a special moment for Rabiot who made it clear during Liverpool’s Champions League run last season his love for Anfield. He posted an Instagram story declaring his love for the European occasion at the ground.

Many fans are hyped at the prospect of Rabiot playing in Red next season. He is a different kind of player to the current midfield options. He is known for his silky passing, vision and close control. That would offer Klopp some qualities that were lost when Philippe Coutinho moved to Barcelona on a transfer earlier this year.

Liverpool have not had an elite passer in deep areas since Xabi Alonso left the club in 2009. Steven Gerrard briefly played there under Brendan Rodgers in 2014 but we have not had a class pass-master regularly at the base of the midfield since the mercurial Spaniard.

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The Reds kick off at Tuesday 7:45pm to see if they can make it all the way back to the Champions League Final for the second season in a row.