Aguerd remained at the London Stadium last week despite reported interest from Saudi Arabia, but he has now emerged as a target for Premier League heavyweights City and Liverpool
Edwards can understand why Liverpool in particular are showing an interest in the Morocco international ahead of the January transfer window.
The next stage of Jurgen Klopp’s team rebuild will be defence
I’ve been really impressed with Aguerd since he arrived from Rennes for £30million in the summer of 2022.
He’s been one of West Ham’s outstanding players and has taken to the Premier League in a way that a lot of foreign centre-backs don’t do
I wouldn’t be surprised at all if Liverpool are interested. Manchester City I’m a little bit surprised about.
West Ham won’t be at all happy about this whole rumour starting in September. They’ve just lost Declan Rice to Arsenal. That will be my caveat really – West Ham will be under no pressure to sell after receiving £105m for Declan Rice.
Some rumours have to be dismissed the second they emerge, but that does not appear to be the case with this one.
Liverpool are clearly in need of freshening up in the heart of defence, and there are not many better ready-made options out there than Aguerd.