Liverpool’s backline currently has more holes than a slice of Swiss cheese due to injuries.
Virgil van Dijk and Jeremy Jacquet are yet to feature in pre-season, while the likes of Conor Bradley, Joe Gomez and Giovanni Leoni are all out injured.
Andoni Iraola has a massive problem in terms of his rearguard and could look to reinforce his options in the coming days.
Yesterday, Sky Sports reported that Liverpool will not sign any defenders this month, to which a lot of fans reacted angrily.
And now, if reports from England are to be believed, they are keeping their options open after Illia Zabarnyi was offered to Liverpool via his agents.
Liverpool exploring deal for Illia Zabarnyi
Zabarnyi is well known to Iraola due to their respective stints with Bournemouth. And his case is an interesting one as he featured regularly in Ligue 1 last season but was cast aside in the UEFA Champions League.
DaveOCKOP report that the Reds got back in touch with Zabarnyi’s agents recently after being offered the player during transfer talks for Curtis Jones.
The 23-year-old has a lot of experience under his belt and can also fill in as a right-back, which could prove to be invaluable for Liverpool.
In our opinion, it would be unwise to go into the new season with the current crop of defenders, as a lot of them are injury-prone.
Zabarnyi cost PSG £57m last summer, so the Parisians will at least look to recoup that fee if they are to sell him.
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