{"id":56098,"date":"2025-12-03T10:19:44","date_gmt":"2025-12-03T10:19:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eplbanter.com.ng\/?p=56098"},"modified":"2025-12-03T10:19:44","modified_gmt":"2025-12-03T10:19:44","slug":"liverpool-pushing-ahead-with-major-transfer-move-to-cover-salahs-upcoming-afcon-absence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eplbanter.com.ng\/?p=56098","title":{"rendered":"Liverpool pushing ahead with major transfer move to cover Salah\u2019s upcoming AFCON absence"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Liverpool are aiming to strengthen their attacking options in January and have turned their attention to Rodrygo Goes. The Brazilian forward wants consistent minutes, something he isn\u2019t getting in Spain, and Fichajes report that Liverpool have already started exploring a deal. With Mohamed Salah set to depart for AFCON, the club is looking to secure a big-name attacker who can help fill the gap.<\/p>\n<p>Despite limited game time at Real Madrid, Rodrygo\u2019s talent and potential are widely recognised. He can play anywhere across the front line and could thrive with regular Premier League action. At his age, he still has plenty of room to grow, and Liverpool\u2019s coaching environment could help elevate him into a top-level star.<\/p>\n<p>Rodrygo is eager for steady opportunities and would naturally be tempted by interest from one of the world\u2019s biggest clubs. Several teams have been linked with him, and it remains to be seen whether Liverpool can beat their rivals to his signature. However, he will need clear guarantees regarding his role, especially given Liverpool\u2019s already crowded forward department.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Liverpool are aiming to strengthen their attacking options in January and have turned their attention to Rodrygo Goes. The Brazilian forward wants consistent minutes, something he isn\u2019t getting in Spain, and Fichajes report that Liverpool have already started exploring a deal. With Mohamed Salah set to depart for AFCON, the club is looking to secure &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":56090,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-56098","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/eplbanter.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/COS-FeaturedHero-Image-Templates-3-2-1200x722-2.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eplbanter.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56098","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eplbanter.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eplbanter.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eplbanter.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/18"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eplbanter.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=56098"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/eplbanter.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56098\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":56099,"href":"https:\/\/eplbanter.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56098\/revisions\/56099"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eplbanter.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/56090"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eplbanter.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=56098"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eplbanter.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=56098"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eplbanter.com.ng\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=56098"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}