Liverpool enter three-horse race with Euro giants for 'incredible' star

Liverpool enter three-horse race with Euro giants for 'incredible' star Liverpool spent over £150 million in the summer. This comes after a £450 million spend the season before and, if we're being honest, the Reds' first-team squad are still not ready to compete for the Premier League title. That is, despite them being unbeaten across all competitions at the moment. And, with Cody Gakpo and Alexander Isak out for an unknown amount of time , things could just go from bad to worse over the next month or so. This realisation has dawned upon most of the Reds' fanbase and now, it feels like the higher-ups at Liverpool have also realised it. So, the fact that they're being linked with several new players ahead of the January window is hardly surprising. Liverpool will have to face off with Chelsea and AC Milan to sign Alejandro Balde Liverpool's defence was one of the main areas that they tried to improve over the summer. Andy Robertson and Ibrahima Konate both exited which resulted in Ronald Araujo and Jeremy Jacquet both being brought in . Robertson ended up being replaced by Kostas Tsimikas and, even though everyone thought that between the Greek Scouser and Milos Kerkez, they'd be sorted at left back, that's been far from the case. Both players have massively underperformed this term and, at the moment, you could say that left-back is Liverpool's weakest area. This has led to many rumours being shared and now, according to journalist Juan Jesus, the Reds will have to face off with Chelsea and AC Milan if they want to sign FC Barcelona's Alejandro Balde. "As we already revealed, Alejandro Balde's future is red-hot. Liverpool maintains a very high level of interest, but Chelsea and AC Milan are pressing hard to land him in this very winter transfer window," he wrote . "Xabi Alonso greatly values his profile for the London side, while in Milan, Ruben Amorim isn't convinced with Morera as a left wing-back and sees the Spaniard as the definitive solution to his problems on that flank. "The internal reality is complex: Balde doesn't factor into Hansi Flick's plans due to private matters. "Although the youth academy product remains determined to succeed at the club of his life, he knows that both Xavi Expart and João Cancelo are ahead of him in the rotation. "For the first time, the player is starting to see his departure from Barça as a completely real option." Alejandro Balde is the exact sort of signing that Liverpool need Balde has been in and around Barcelona's first-team squad for a long while now and he has been on the Reds' radar for a fair few months. The Spaniard is a La Masia graduate, and, even though he was an important player for Hansi Flick last season, he's been dropped down to one of his back-up options at full-back. This probably came as quite a shock to the 22-year-old as, it's felt like he's only got better as the years have gone on. In the past, he's been described as an " incredible " player and, since he's been featuring for Barca since the 2021-22 season, he's featured in 169 games across all competitions and has 24 goal contributions to his name. His lightning-quick speed coupled with his ability to play as either a left-back or a right-back are two of the main things that will pique the interest of Liverpool . Of course, a deal for the Spaniard would probably cost a decent chunk of change but, with how poorly Tsimikas and Kerkez have been performing, bringing Balde in could be the best move possible for the Reds.