Liverpool want Alexis Mac Allister, but Moises Caicedo is the Brighton midfielder who would really transform Jurgen Klopp’s side

There’s every chance that a current Brighton midfielder ends up at Anfield this summer. But while Liverpool have made Alexis Mac Allister one of their top transfer targets, it is hard to escape the feeling that the player who would really transform the Reds is the Argentine’s team-mate at the Amex Stadium.

To watch Moises Caicedo against Arsenal on Sunday was to watch a player tailor-made for a top club, and tailor-made for a Jurgen Klopp side. Playing in the unfamiliar position of right-back, the Ecuadorian was outstanding as Brighton won 3-0, effectively ending the Gunners’ Premier League title hopes in the process.

“A technician and a destroyer,” read the headline in The Telegraph, and it is hard to argue. Certainly, Caicedo’s blend of skill, physicality and tactical smartness mark the 21-year-old out as one of the best young talents in Europe, and one who would make a huge difference to a side as desperate for midfield reinforcements as Liverpool are.