6ft 5in Wout Weghorst wants Anfield move

Towering Wolfsburg striker Wout Weghorst has been talking up a move to Liverpool when the next transfer window opens.

Wout Weghorst, who has been with the German side since 2018, has spoken about Anfield in glowing terms and there’s every reason to suspect that he’s trying to engineer a move to Liverpool.

Perhaps he saw the Tifo Football video that named him as an ideal candidate to compliment Roberto Firmino in Jurgen Klopp’s attack, or maybe he just wants to challenge for domestic and European silverware.

The 27-year-old Dutch international has got a decent scoring record for Wolsfburg and in the Netherlands, with 124 goals in 302 games.

However, he does have 28 strikes in 58 Bundesliga appearances, which indicates a striker who is getting better with age.

Weghorst was talking about his ambitions for the rest of his career, saying that he’d love to move on from his current side at some point and play in the Premier League.

But the sneaky, sneaky Dutchman also mentioned how You’ll Never Walk Alone was a special song to him and gave him an emotional reaction.

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If you put two and two together, he’s clearly angling for a move to Anfield at the end of the season to be part of the all-conquering Klopp side.

"The Echo reported that he said: “I always found Liverpool very special. I still get goosebumps from ‘You’ll Never Walk Alone’.“There are other great English clubs too, and I always liked Milan because so many Dutch played there.“I am ambitious and want to get ahead – maybe at some point play at another club, whether in Germany or in England.”"

Liverpool have been looking for a new forward to supplement their forward line. A lot has been spoken about someone who’s versatile, but between Curtis Jones and Takumi Minamino there should be enough back-up out wide for the rest of the squad.

If Divock Origi is to leave at the end of the campaign, Weghorst could be someone who comes in to replace him. That could be a bit of a gamble, however, as he’s almost certainly not as good as Timo Werner or Jadon Sancho.

Looking at this concept as a whole, the fact that players are chatting up a move to Liverpool should be a source of pride for us all.