Premier League trio target out-of-favour Liverpool midfielder | OneFootball

Fulham, Wolves and Ipswich Town are all monitoring the situation of Wataru Endo at Liverpool.

The Japan international has featured for just 19 minutes in the Premier League this season, following the appointment of Arne Slot as manager. Ryan Gravenberch’s impressive form has limited Endo’s football this season and a trio of English clubs are considering a move.

According to Caught Offside, Fulham, Wolves and Ipswich are all keeping an eye on his situation, while there’s also interest from AC Milan.

Endo signed for Liverpool in a £16m deal from Stuttgart in 2023, after the Reds had missed out on the signings of Moises Caicedo and Romeo Lavia to Chelsea. He made 43 appearances in all competitions last season but has been largely overlooked since Jurgen Klopp’s exit at the end of last season.

Slot has praised the contribution of Endo this season, hailing the 31-year-old’s attitude despite his lack of football.

“I think that is one of the most positive things I see in this team, that even if a player comes in five to seven minutes – such a big player, captain of his country, coming in five minutes before the end – [he gives his all],” Slot said after the win at Crystal Palace last month.

“I sometimes, at certain clubs or other teams, see then a player coming in a bit like ‘you only use me for five or seven minutes?’.

“But if you look at how Wata came in now, how good he was on the ball but also the second balls that he won, he had only in these seven minutes a very good impact.

“I think that tells you a lot about team cohesion, but definitely also about the person.

“Wata, with only playing five minutes, he gives that performance – that says a lot about him as a person.”

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