‘Not A Top 6 Club Player’ ‘His Injury Record Is Worse Than Gomez’ Fans Sceptical As Liverpool Join Transfer Battle

‘Not A Top 6 Club Player’ ‘His Injury Record Is Worse Than Gomez’ Fans Sceptical As Liverpool Join Transfer Battle

Liverpool have joined Newcastle and Arsenal in the race to secure Bournemouth centre-back Lloyd Kelly on a free transfer, according to CaughtOffside.com.

The defender is out of contract at the end of June and all three clubs are said to be keen on signing him this summer.

Kelly has had his fair share of injury problems over the years and supporters on X are not convinced that the Reds should be looking at bringing him to Anfield:

Richard Hughes is probably the driving force behind Liverpool’s interest

Kelly joined Bournemouth from Bristol City in 2019. The Cherries’ sporting director at the time was Richard Hughes so it would not be a surprise if he is now pressing for the Reds to snap up the player, now he has moved into a similar role at the Merseyside club.

It’s likely that other members of the recruitment staff are keen on Kelly as well. The 25-year-old was linked with Liverpool before he made the switch to the Vitality Stadium.

Kelly’s injury record is a major concern

Over the past five years, the centre-half has spent an astonishing 587 days on the sidelines due to injury, missing 81 games for Bournemouth in the process.

While the risk of the transfer going wrong has been reduced by the fact that Kelly is available on a free, you do have to question whether recruiting an injury-prone player is the right move.

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David Tully

David Tully

David has worked as a football reporter for the last fifteen years. Having started as an intern at Snack Media, he then went on to become a freelancer, working on various different sites. At the start of 2023, he took up his current role as content writer for National World's Football News Network.