Carragher likens Raphinha to Liverpool pair amid transfer links

Sky Sports activities pundit Jamie Carragher thinks Leeds United winger Raphinha makes comparable runs to Liverpool pair Mo Salah and Sadio Mane.

The Yorkshire outfit signed him in October from Rennes for a fee of around £17m after the Brazilian had impressed in a single season with the French membership.

And now Raphinha has picked up the place he left off at Rennes with 4 targets and 4 assists in 14 Premier League begins for Leeds.

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That has already led to stories that he might transfer golf equipment once more this summer season with France Football claiming that Raphinha options on the ‘high of their shortlist’.

And former Liverpool defender Carragher has been “actually impressed” with the 24-year-old.

“We’ve all been there as gamers and as quickly as somebody is available in, you assume: ‘Aye, aye’,” Carragher stated on Sky Sports.

“A few of his touches and his play when he comes inside, we’ve highlighted his motion as properly.

“I used to be actually impressed with him once I watched him at Leicester final weekend as properly, not simply by Raphinha, however (Patrick) Bamford as properly.

“You see that shot there (earlier than Bamford’s objective towards Palace), that’s so typical of a large man, that penetrating run that we speak about with Salah, Mane and Sterling, all the nice huge gamers. They make that run and he does. He has nice high quality on the ball.

“He assisted Bamford definitely in that Leicester recreation when he fired that move in and also you have a look at his numbers there, he seems to be like an actual participant, definitely of late.

“I feel we talked about earlier than the sport that he’s been concerned in seven targets within the final eight video games, so he’s all the time an enormous menace and that’s all the time telling when your team-mates know from one coaching session.

“I’ll always remember one participant – as quickly as Xabi Alonso got here to Liverpool – it’s like you possibly can inform within the session, the best way he handed, the tempo of the move, the noise of it, as a dressing room you type of step again and say that we’ve bought one right here and it feels like that was what the Leeds dressing room did (with Raphinha).”

On whether or not Raphinha’s present type can be attracting admiring glances from different golf equipment, fellow pundit Chris Coleman stated: “On present type, after all. I don’t assume we’re saying something that Leeds don’t know or Marcelo Bielsa doesn’t know.

“The Leeds gamers shall be speaking about that, when you have a standout participant like that who retains producing performances at that stage – and that’s in all probability the fourth or fifth time I’ve seen him this season and he’s been up there – it’s apparent you’re going to get consideration from the massive boys.

“Leeds United will know that.”