While the offensive reconstruction promises to be inevitable on the side of Anfield, the leaders of Liverpool seem to have set their sights on an unexpected profile. In a transfer window that multiplies rumors, a French name insistently returns. The discussions were started this week, and the operation could materialize faster than expected.
The attacker in question is none other than Jean-Philippe Mateta. At 28, the player of Crystal Palace has become a sure value of the Premier League with 30 goals out of its last 72 appearances. According to Foot transfer windowLiverpool recently met its representatives to discuss a possible arrival. The objective would be clear: succeed Diogo Jotatragically disappeared a few weeks ago.
Liverpool ready to bet on a Frenchie
Trained in France, Mateta built a solid career in Germany and England. Its impact at Crystal Palace was hailed by several observers, starting with Jamie Carragher, who sees in him a credible reinforcement for a club of the Liverpool caliber. Fast, physical, and regular finisher, French ticks many boxes to win in a demanding collective.
His transfer, estimated between
50 and 60 million euroswould also represent a rare event: no player has ever been definitively transferred from Crystal Palace to Liverpool. The opportunity would therefore be double for Mateta: to win in a historic club, while marking a symbolic precedent.
A curse to break for Mateta
But history does not play in favor of French attackers in Liverpool. Apart from Djibril Cissé, the examples of Le Tallec, Sinama-Pongolle or David N'Gog testify to a collective failure. Mateta will therefore have a mission: to succeed where so many others have failed. Its advantage? He already knows the English championship perfectly. And that could change everything.
