Wataru Endo's £16 million price tag is turning out to be quite the bargain as the midfielder has slowly become a key part of Jurgen Klopp's squad.
No other club were interested in signing Endo and Liverpool got the deal done quickly and discreetly. The Athletic's David Ornstein explained why that may have been the case.
“The nature of scouting departments these days means he will have been on the radar of many,” Ornstein explained.
“But perhaps he was not the right age or tactical/technical profile to be high up on the recruitment lists at some other clubs.”
“Or perhaps he was and for whatever reason (his preference, financials, talks, speed of process etc) it didn’t develop elsewhere.
“It’s also possible that Liverpool’s data model saw things their rivals didn’t or at least that he was better suited to what they were looking for,” finished Ornstein.
