Liverpool should cash in on Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain.
Reports have indicated that Premier League side Wolves want to sign the midfielder, but are some way off the asking price.
The Midlands club have offered £18 million for the England international, and if they increase that bid Liverpool should seriously think about accepting it.
According to the report, sporting director Michael Edwards wants to recoup what he paid Arsenal for Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain three years ago, and if Wolves stump up that cash it should be accepted.
This would give Liverpool the funds required to sign a fourth-choice central defender; there have been a number linked, or move for Thiago.
Oxlade-Chamberlain is one of the most expendable midfielders in the squad. Naby Keita appears to be above him the pecking order and could offer more over the long-term solution to that area.
While having both Keita and the Ox in the squad is a tremendous luxury, it does mean either one or the other isn’t really involved in first team affairs.
Getting £35 million for someone who only started 17 Premier League games last season would be excellent business and it could help the player and the club moving forward.
We’ve seen that Liverpool are prepared to make difficult decisions in order to raise some cash this window. Rhian Brewster could even be sold, providing there’s a buy-back clause inserted into the deal.
Letting Oxlade-Chamberlain go would mean they can keep hold of Brewster for this season and it gives the club the potential to make two other buys on top of it. He’s an inconsistent player who is yet to make a real impact on Merseyside.
A move would make sense of the Ox, who has a better chance of more regular first team football, Wolves, who get an English player with obvious potential, and Liverpool, who could kill three birds with one stone.