While it is foolish to purchase someone purely on their showing at the World Cup, football’s biggest international tournament inevitably offers an opportunity for players to display their skills to a wider audience. Liverpool have been linked with a midfielder who has been starring for one of the less fancied nations in Qatar.
Morocco were not expected to top their group, as it contained Belgium and Croatia, yet that is exactly what they did. It earned them a Round of 16 tie with Spain, which they won 3-0 on penalties to reach the quarter-finals for the first time.
A big part of their success has been thanks to defensive midfielder Sofyan Amrabat. Sky Sports Germany journalist Florian Plettenberg recently revealed he had “been told that many clubs from the Premier League observing Amrabat, especially Liverpool (next to Bellingham & Caicedo).”
