EPL: Liverpool Given Boost In The Race To Sign €40m-rated Player

Liverpool have been boosted with the news that they can get one of their winger target for lesser than the release clause in his present contract.

Villarreal winger Samuel Chukwueze is a top target for the Premier League leaders and he has a release clause of €63 in his present deal with the Yellow Submarines.

According to the publication via Foot Mercato, Samuel Chukwueze could be available for €23m lesser as it was revealed that Liverpool can sign the exciting 20-year-old winger for €40m.

Samuel Chukwueze has previously talked about his preference for the Premier League and recent reports stated that a transfer to the English top flight remains his preference despite the interest of French Ligue 1 club Lyon in his services.

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He has scored three goals and also assisted three goals in 16 appearances for Villarreal this season.

Samuel Chukwueze could be the long-term option for Xerdan Shaqiri at Liverpool on the right wing as he’s eight years younger than the Swiss international who has been linked with a move away from the Reds in this January transfer window.

He has been linked with Turkish giants Galatasaray.

Shaqiri just returned to Liverpool training ahead of the Premier League clash at Tottenham Hotspur.