Liverpool are keeping tabs on midfielder Mateus Fernandes and could pull off a deal as they did for Georginio Wijnaldum when Newcastle United got relegated from the Premier League, according to a reliable journalist.<\/p>\n
Although Liverpool<\/a> are well stocked in the midfield department at the moment, manager Arne Slot and sporting director Richard Hughes could find themselves needing to make signings in that area in the summer transfer window.<\/p>\n Both Alexis Mac Allister and Dominik Szoboszlai are on Real Madrid\u2019s radar, while Curtis Jones could also leave, with Tottenham Hotspur still keen on the Englishman.<\/p>\n Journalist David Lynch has now revealed that Liverpool are monitoring West Ham<\/a> midfielder Mateus Fernandes.<\/p>\n The well-respected Liverpool FC journalist, who has over 117,000 followers on X, has reported that Liverpool could make a move for Fernandes should West Ham get relegated to the Championship.<\/p>\n Fernandes joined West Ham from Southampton in the summer of 2025 for \u00a342million, including add-ons.<\/p>\n READ: Arne Slot the authority on \u2018joyous\u2019 football? You\u2019ve having a laugh, mate<\/a><\/p>\n The 21-year-old Portuguese midfielder has scored three goals and given three assists in 26 matches in all competitions so far this season for West Ham, who are currently third from bottom in the Premier League table and are in real danger of going down.<\/p>\n Liverpool, who won the Premier League title last season but may not finish in the top four in the 2025\/26 campaign, have raided Newcastle United and Stoke City previously when they got relegated to the Championship.<\/p>\n Liverpool paid Newcastle \u00a325million to sign midfielder Georginio\u00a0Wijnaldum\u00a0in the summer of 2016 after the Magpies went down to the Championship.<\/p>\n Back in July 2018, following Stoke\u2019s relegation from the Premier League, Liverpool triggered the \u00a313m release clause in forward\u00a0Xherdan Shaqiri\u2019s contract.<\/p>\n Lynch told Anfield Index<\/a> about Fernandes, as relayed by Rousing The Kop: \u201cHe looks a good player, and they\u2019re in a bit of trouble at the moment.<\/p>\n