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Liverpool are eyeing up big changes on the wings in the upcoming transfer window.
Last year the Premier League champions spent £450m on new signings. The attack got a major refit – with Florian Wirtz, Hugo Ekitike and Alexander Isak all coming on board.
This year is different however with Arne Slot and Richard Hughes prioritising improvements out wide instead of the centre of the attack.
It’s been confirmed that Mohamed Salah is leaving Anfield after reaching an agreement to tear up his £400k per week contract a year early. And Federico Chiesa – his understudy at right-wing – is very likely to join Salah on the exit ramp amid interest from Italy.
With Jeremie Frimpong unconvincing in his outings thus far – and struggling to stay fit on a consistent basis – right-wing is now emerging as an area to be worked on.
We’ve seen big-name players like Yan Diomande and Bradley Barcola mentioned as potential Liverpool acquisitions.
Liverpool monitoring Franck Honorat
Anfield Watch can now reveal there is another name on the list – Borussia Monchengladbach winger Franck Honorat.
Liverpool are monitoring the Frenchman and have even sent staff to watch the winger in person.
Honorat, 29, is a very different profile to Salah – who is of course a left-footed attacker prone to coming inside for shots at goal or through balls. Honorat on the other hand is a right-footer who likes to get down the outside and put crosses into the box.
This season he has created 45 chances for Gladbach, making six assists, putting in 37 successful crosses. He has crossed the ball 79 times from open play – per Bundesliga statistics – enough to put him joint-fifth in the league’s overall total.
Honorat can service Isak
The former Brest winger is the right kind of profile to service Isak – who Arne Slot admitted was missing a player with those characteristics.
Honorat came through at the OGC Nice academy but made his name at Stade Brestois when he signed there in 2020. He performed well there for three solid seasons before moving to the Bundesliga with Gladbach for around £8m in 2023.
Since then Honorat has been an under-the-radar hit in German football – scoring nine times and providing 26 assists across his time in the Bundesliga.
Franck Honorat eyeing up move to Champions League club
Honorat is under contract with his current club until 2029 having agreed an extension last summer.
He made it known a couple of months ago in an interview with Foot Mercato that he was eyeing up the exit with a view to a move to a top European club.
“I've spent my time here,” he said via Transfermarkt.
“I've seen pretty much everything. If I give my all for three months and a Champions League or Europa League club comes calling – why not? It would be a dream for me to play in European competition.”
