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Ben Foster has voiced his concerns implicit Liverpool's determination to merchantability Jarell Quansah to Bayer Leverkusen, claiming helium is 'the future' of the antiaircraft line.
The center-back volition move to the Bundesliga nine successful a woody that could scope $48 million, though Liverpool has secured a buyback option. Quansah had a challenging play nether Arne Slot, contempt Liverpool clinching the Premier League title.
He made 25 appearances crossed each competitions but lone started erstwhile arsenic a center-back successful the league earlier Liverpool was crowned champions. However, Quansah's show for England Under-21s this summertime was remarkable, helping them to European Championship glory past month.
Impressed by Quansah's displays during the tournament, erstwhile Manchester United shot-stopper Foster suggested connected his 'Fozcast' that Liverpool mightiness regret letting him go. "In the final, helium was brilliant," Foster said.
"Honestly, perfectly brilliant. Whenever helium had immoderate abstraction successful beforehand of him, helium would conscionable exploit it. He's truthful assured and astatine easiness with the shot astatine his feet, and being specified a towering figure, he'd burst into unfastened abstraction causing havoc for the opposition."
Foster explained however Quansah's guardant runs forced midfielders to cover, starring to disarray successful the antiaircraft line: "At that point, idiosyncratic from the midfield has to spell into determination which creates a spread down them and it's conscionable carnage. Honestly, it's horrible.
"He was fantastic successful the game. I'm thinking, £35 cardinal ($48 million)? If I'm Liverpool, I astir privation to cancel it past 2nd and spell 'you cognize what, I cognize you mightiness not play each crippled this season, but you volition decidedly play a large chunk of this play for us.'
"I committedness you, helium will, helium volition play a monolithic part. Konate evidently volition not play the full season, but I deliberation helium tin capable successful incredibly well.
"I deliberation he's the aboriginal for Liverpool, good helium would person been the aboriginal for Liverpool. Leverkusen volition beryllium buzzing to get him done the door."
In the meantime, Liverpool is monitoring Marc Guehi arsenic they measure their center-back options pursuing Quansah's exit. While the Crystal Palace skipper remains a imaginable people with his declaration acceptable to expire adjacent summer, the Eagles would request to trim their asking terms for the Reds, who are presently focusing connected discovering a younger center-back with precocious potential, to marque a move.
Foster, reacting to Quansah's transportation fee, believes Guehi should outgo $95 million. He speculated whether Liverpool approved the defender's departure to assistance money portion of their club-record woody to motion Florian Wirtz from Leverkusen.
"Got to be, £70 cardinal ($95 million)," helium said of Guehi. "But if he's 21, 22 years old, you've got astatine slightest 10, 12 years to travel from this lad (Quansah).
"Wirtz is costing £116 cardinal ($158 million) it's an atrocious batch of money. If you tin chunk a large aged £35 cardinal ($48 million), it brings it down to astir £80 million-£90 cardinal ($109-122 million). It's benignant of like, 'Oh, yeah, actually...'".
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