Gazzetta dello Sport<\/a> yesterday.<\/p>\n“Liverpool would make a great signing and he could thrive in the Premier League,” Sacchi said. “It\u2019s a shame he\u2019s eluding the big clubs in Serie A. On the one hand, the news makes me immensely happy, and on the other, it makes me a little angry.<\/p>\n
“Let me explain \u2013 I\u2019m happy that an Italian player is receiving praise from a major club like Liverpool, but I wish AC Milan or Inter, Juventus, or Napoli were competing for his transfer, not a foreign club.<\/p>\n
“We\u2019ll see if the deal goes through, but in any case, I feel like the Reds would make a great coup by securing this boy, whom I followed with curiosity and interest in the second half of last season. Leoni is only eighteen, and I\u2019m told he\u2019s a decent guy, hard-working, humble, and very determined.<\/p>\n
“Character is crucial in a footballer\u2019s career, as is temperament. If these two qualities are present, then the journey can proceed without any particular problems. It seems to me that Leoni is off to a good start: after all, if a major European club like Liverpool is persistently pursuing him, there must be a reason.”<\/p>\n
He’d go on to praise the 18-year-old before discussing his strengths and weaknesses: “Leoni is a modern central defender. He knows how to play man-to-man, he\u2019s gritty, he\u2019s physically strong, and he doesn\u2019t let anyone move him. I remember a splendid performance he gave against a centre-forward of Lukaku\u2019s calibre.<\/p>\n
“The kid wasn\u2019t scared at all in front of the great champion. He followed him to every area of the pitch, because the plan called for a fixed marking, he engaged in aerial and ground duels, and I don\u2019t recall a single time Lukaku managed to get past his opponent.<\/p>\n
“We\u2019re dealing with a talent, there\u2019s no doubt about that. Of course, at only eighteen, there\u2019s considerable room for improvement. For example, in my opinion, he could become even more confident in his playmaking. I appreciated his commanding attitude, because Leoni was a true commander in Parma\u2019s defence last season: leadership is clearly in his DNA, and that\u2019s another aspect to consider.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The latest Liverpool transfer news and speculation as Arne Slot’s side edge close to the opening game of…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":65741,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[59,134,2180,101,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-65740","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports","8":"tag-gb","9":"tag-liverpool-fc","10":"tag-liverpool-fc-transfer-news","11":"tag-sports","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom","14":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65740","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=65740"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/65740\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/65741"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=65740"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=65740"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=65740"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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Marc Guehi will reportedly stay at Crystal Palace this season despite transfer interest from Liverpool<\/p>\n