Giovanni Leoni: Liverpool sign 18-year-old defender from Parma for £26m
Giovanni Leoni played for the first time in 2023 at the Italian third level for Padova for the first time in 2023, but only two years later he joined the Premier League champions.
Liverpool has been looking for reinforcements in central defense since he sold Jarell Quansah to Bayer Leverkusen last month, and although Crystal Palace remained too much in Marc Guehi landscapes, Leoni would provide extra cover in a potentially light area.
As a result, Captain Virgil Van Dijk and Ibrahima Konat were the only senior medium defenders for community shield.
Van Dijk now needs Liverpool with 34 and a look at the future. Leoni, the eighteen -year -old, is definitely marking this box, but in the second half of last season, it seems ready, even though it only sets up in Parma’s starting series.
With only 14 upper flights under the belt, Pau Cubari, the young central ridges in Barcelona, did not play Mamadou Sarr in Strasbourg or Real Madrid’s Dean Huijsen, but his statistics are impressive.
6FT 5 inch (1.96m) is extraordinary in the air, the first 10% for the air duels won in Serie A last season.
In Parma, Leoni played in the middle of the back or back to the center of the right center, and as well as air power, as well as a lack of experience, especially when it is considered.
He’il probably have to be patient for his chance. However, the opportunity to develop his game with Premier League champions and learning from Van Dijk, whom he had previously said, seems to help to collect the movement.
