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title: "Liverpool set to beat Arsenal to highly-coveted Premier League defender"
canonical: "https://www.footballtransfertavern.com/liverpool-set-to-beat-arsenal-to-highly-coveted-premier-league-defender/"
type: "post"
language: "en-GB"
author: "Josh Challies"
section: "Arsenal Football Club"
published: "2016-05-20T17:54:55Z"
modified: "2016-05-20T17:54:55Z"
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# Liverpool set to beat Arsenal to highly-coveted Premier League defender

![Chilwell](https://cdn.footballtransfertavern.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/Chilwell-500x318.jpg)Liverpool fans in the Transfer Tavern have been mocking their Arsenal counterparts, after reading reports that the Reds are set to win the race for a highly-coveted defender.

[*The Daily Mirror*](https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/transfer-news/liverpool-close-left-back-transfer-8008611)[claims](https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/transfer-news/liverpool-close-left-back-transfer-8008611)Arsenal will miss out on the services of Leicester City’s young left-back Ben Chilwell, with Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp set to win the race for the talented teenager.

18-year-old Chilwell has been a target of Arsenal’s since January, with the Gunners considering him as the ideal successor to veteran full-back Nacho Monreal, but Liverpool boss Klopp wants the youngster as competition for Alberto Moreno, who put in a horror show defensively during Liverpool’s Europa League final defeat to Sevilla.

[Liverpool can land the player for just £3m](https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/football/transfer-news/liverpool-close-left-back-transfer-8008611) but it remains to be seen whether he’ll slot straight into the first-team, as he has made just three cup appearances for Leicester and is yet to make an appearance in the Premier League.

Our landlord believes choosing between Liverpool and Arsenal as a youngster is a very tough call, so he’s urged Chilwell to take his time deciding on his destination.

**Would Chilwell be better than Alberto Moreno? Let us know in the comments below!**