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Liverpool could soon be facing a predicament in the centre-back area.

Virgil van Dijk has just turned 34 - and is only under contract until 2027. Eventually the club will have to move on from the £75m colossus.

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It makes sense to put the feelers out on potential replacements as soon as possible in order to ensure a seamless transition. But the Anfield side also have a pressing concern to sign a defender in the current transfer window for a few different reasons.

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For one, they sold Jarell Quansah to Bayer Leverkusen and still haven’t replaced him. Richard Hughes did well to attract a fee of over £30m for the 22-year-old but his departure leaves a significant gap.

Liverpool looking at several centre-backs

Next is the injury situation around Joe Gomez.

Liverpool are down to three senior centre-back options but having suffered an injury-ravaged campaign last season, the 28-year-old is back on the treatment table.

And then we come to the contract conundrum involving Ibrahima Konate. Liverpool are facing another Trent Alexander-Arnold situation with the Frenchman - who has less than 12 months to run on his current deal.

That’s why we’ve seen links established with players like Joel Ordonez, Giovanni Leoni and Konstantinos Koulierakis.

Koulierakis: The new Van Dijk

Those three names were mentioned by transfer insider Lewis Steele last week - with Greek reporter Giannis Chorianopoulos emphasising that Koulierakis was indeed scouted by the Reds last season.

“Liverpool see him as the next Van Dijk,” says a report from Sportime in Greece.

The 21-year-old left-sided defender plays for Wolfsburg in the Bundesliga - having been signed from PAOK in 2024 for around €15m and is under contract until 2029.

Previous reports have valued the stopper at around £41m.

© IMAGO - Konstantinos Koulierakis Liverpool