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title: "Liverpool: Joao Gomes says he’s ready to make Anfield move"
canonical: "https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/liverpool-joao-gomes-says-hes-ready-to-make-anfield-move/"
type: "post"
language: "en-GB"
author: "David Comerford"
section: "Liverpool News"
published: "2022-09-20T20:15:07Z"
modified: "2022-09-20T20:15:07Z"
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# Liverpool: Joao Gomes says he’s ready to make Anfield move

**Liverpool target and Flamengo midfielder Joao Gomes has publicly confirmed that he’s willing to play for the Reds.**

### The lowdown

[Fabrizio Romano says](https://www.caughtoffside.com/2022/09/18/liverpool-transfer-news-joao-gomes-being-scouted/) that Julian Ward and his team have been monitoring Gomes ‘with their scouts’, though they have yet to initiate formal negotiations with Flamengo.

A 21-year-old defensive midfielder, he’s already made more than a century of appearances ([106](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/joao-gomes/leistungsdaten/spieler/735570)) for the Brazilian Serie A club and is [under contract until the end of 2025](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/joao-gomes/profil/spieler/735570).

### The latest

In quotes [relayed by Romano on his Twitter account](https://twitter.com/FabrizioRomano/status/1571796964857024512), Gomes told ESPN Brazil that he would happily fulfil his Champions League ‘dream’ at Anfield.

He said: “Liverpool are a team I’d play for. I have the greatest desire to play.

“Playing in the Champions League is my biggest dream in football.”

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### The verdict

Liverpool need to secure specialist cover for Fabinho. He is [the only out-and-out defensive midfielder in their squad](https://www.transfermarkt.co.uk/fc-liverpool/kader/verein/31), and so they rely on somebody else to play out of position when he’s not available.

Signing Gomes would fill out that hole in the squad in the short-term, and he may also serve as the long-term successor to his compatriot if all goes to plan.

His standout attribute is his tackling – he averages 3.2 per game, [considerably more than anybody else in Flamengo’s ranks](https://www.whoscored.com/Teams/1239/Show/Brazil-Flamengo) – and he [wins the majority of his ground duels](https://www.sofascore.com/player/joao-gomes/1015267) (57%).

He’s been dubbed a ‘pitbull’ with a ‘great engine’ and a ‘winning mentality’ by [talent scout Jacek Kulig](https://twitter.com/FTalentScout/status/1568007441178304516).

It now remains to be seen whether the Reds respond to this pretty explicit come-and-get-me-plea with their first official bid in the January transfer window.