According to reports, Liverpool is keeping a watch on a midfielder who is traveling Jude Bellingham's path. He might be the perfect addition for Jürgen Klopp this summer.

According to reports, Liverpool is keeping a watch on a midfielder who is traveling Jude Bellingham's path. He might be the perfect addition for Jürgen Klopp this summer.
After the current season, Liverpool will likely have a significant summer transfer window. A seismic shift must occur within the squad to replace an aging team and begin anew to welcome the next era of the club under Jürgen Klopp.
Jude Bellingham's participation in this thrilling new phase of Liverpool is still uncertain. The English international is a target for the team, but luring him to Anfield while substantially bolstering other squad areas will require an unprecedented level of investment from FSG.
After all, Bellingham won't be the only solution to Liverpool's central issues or the sole remedy for an aging team. It will be nice to see how everything plays out, but Liverpool is not merely monitoring the Borussia Dortmund ace.
Bellingham's former teammate at Birmingham City, a fellow teenager, has lately come to the club's attention as a player. In a 1-0 win over Blackburn, where his manager praised his performance as "awesome," Liverpool scouts observed George Hall, according to the Daily Mail.
The England under-19 international made his début for Birmingham City's first team last season, becoming the club's seventh-youngest player to do so in the decade and its 11th-youngest overall, one spot ahead of Graham Potter. (yes, the very same). The two Bellingham siblings hold the top two positions.
The 18-year-old has solidly cemented himself as a regular part of Birmingham's first-team squad, making 27 appearances already this season. However, this season has been Hall's breakthrough. As the fourth-youngest player in club history to score in the Championship, he also got his first goal as a professional.
Hall, a reasonably dynamic midfielder, lately contributed significantly to England's U19 team. However, despite Hall's efforts, the Young Lions barely missed qualifying for the European Championship; he scored and recorded an assist in a 2-0 victory over Turkey and also put in strong performances against Hungary and Iceland.
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Hall, who primarily plays in central midfield, is physically gifted, has a great shooting range, and is skilled with the ball. He enjoys taking players on and making progressive runs.
According to FBref, his positional peers in the "next eight" leagues (those immediately outside the conventional big five) rank in the 93rd percentile for successful take-ons: 1.47 per 90.
But he is also quite adaptable. He has previously played further forward on the wing and, most recently, even as a wing-back on the right flank for England's U19 team, making him a naturally alluring possibility for Liverpool since Klopp could use cover both in midfield and on his right side.
Hall is a strong defender with good game-reading skills and the strength to hold his own in a hostile division. He scores 60.4% of his defensive duels for Birmingham in the Championship, averaging 6.77 defensive duels per 90, according to Wyscout. Considering his age, it's not an ideal return, but it's still a good foundation.
He served as Birmingham's bench player in the campaign's early going. Still, more recently, he has begun to work his way into the starting XI, which has also provided a more accurate representation of his ability.
He has totaled 23 interceptions in his last six games and appears more at ease with each game. He undoubtedly needs to do a better job with his distribution, one area where he could improve. With only 11.54 passes made per 90, Hall has the lowest FBref among his positional counterparts.
The context is crucial, even though this figure would raise red flags for any prospective interested parties. Hall participates in a Birmingham squad that needs to prioritize control. In reality, Birmingham makes the second-fewest passes of any team in the league, which will inflate his stats.