Liverpool are prepared to pay up for a breakout star of the 2026 World Cup, according to reports from his homeland.<\/p>\n
Mexico\u2019s journey in the tournament they\u2019re co-hosting came to an end in the round of 16 when they lost 3-2 to England, although several players from Javier Aguirre\u2019s squad embellished their reputations with their performances at the finals.<\/p>\n
DOWNLOAD THE OFFICIAL EMPIRE OF THE KOP APP FOR ALL THE LATEST & BREAKING UPDATES \u2013 STRAIGHT TO YOUR PHONE! ON\u00a0APPLE<\/a>\u00a0&\u00a0GOOGLE PLAY<\/a><\/p>\n One of those is Gilberto Mora, the 17-year-old who\u2019s the youngest player involved at this year\u2019s edition and who\u2019s reportedly attracted interest from the Reds, among a host of other European giants (Daily Mail<\/a>).<\/p>\n Liverpool prepared to pay up for Mora<\/p>\n According to\u00a0El Universal<\/a> (via Sport Witness<\/a>), the teenager\u2019s club Tijuana accept that it\u2019s only a matter of time before he makes the move to Europe and are duly set to install a release clause of around \u20ac21.3m (\u00a318.4m), although other sources claim that such a clause to the tune of \u00a320m is already in place<\/a>.<\/p>\n It\u2019s added that Liverpool and Arsenal are prepared to pay a figure approximate to that amount in order to sign the attacking midfielder, with the Premier League duo cited as the two clubs who are most prepared to meet the Mexican side\u2019s demands.<\/p>\n Want more Empire of the Kop coverage? Add us as a\u00a0preferred source on Google<\/a>\u00a0to your favourites list for news you can trust<\/p>\n Mora would be a tremendous squad option for Liverpool<\/p>\n Mora had a moment to forget in his country\u2019s defeat to England, losing the ball in midfield to inadvertently begin the move which led to Jude Bellingham\u2019s second goal, although that shouldn\u2019t detract from how prodigious a player he is overall.<\/p>\n Tijuana coach Juan Carlos Osorio has drawn stylistic comparisons with the legendary Andres Iniesta, with the 17-year-old also being a diminutive yet creatively brilliant attacking midfielder with an astute positional sense (Daily Mail<\/a>), and he\u2019s already surpassed 50 senior games<\/a> for his club.<\/p>\n His rumoured release clause is far from prohibitive for Liverpool, although the potential for a bidding war could see his price escalate well beyond the \u00a320m mark.<\/p>\n Mora \u2013 who can legally transfer outside of Mexico once he turns 18 in October \u2013 would have stiff competition for a starting berth if he were to come to Anfield in the near future, although his ability to cover several positions would make him a hugely valuable squad member.<\/p>\n Making the jump from the Mexican top flight to the Premier League would also be a significant step for such a young player, but his World Cup performances suggest that he\u2019d take that transition to the big stage in his stride.<\/p>\n Let\u2019s see if Liverpool go in with a concrete offer for the teenage prodigy, off the back of what he produced on the global stage.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Liverpool are prepared to pay up for a breakout star of the 2026 World Cup, according to reports…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":537343,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[61,60,112],"class_list":["post-537342","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/537342","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=537342"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/537342\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/537343"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=537342"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=537342"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=537342"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}