Liverpool have had to watch on as Kacper Kozlowski completed a transfer to Brighton. The Reds reportedly wanted the record-breaking teenager.
Brighton announced on Wednesday that they have signed Kacper Kozlowski from Pogon Szczecin. The 18-year-old has generated serious hype over the last 12 months, not least for becoming the youngest player to ever appear at a European Championships.
Kozlowski stepped onto the pitch for Poland at 17 years and 246 days, breaking Jude Bellingham’s record set the previous week. Naturally, that gets you attention.
And supposedly, Kozlowski got attention from Liverpool.
Liverpool lose out on Kacper Kozlowski transfer
Polish outlet Super Express reported last month that Brighton were ready to bid £8m for Kozlowski. They also claimed that Liverpool would outbid them, however, with a £10m offer.
That wasn’t even the first link between Liverpool and Kozlowski, in fact. The Mirror said similar back in October.
Now, it’s easy to say that this was just another generic Liverpool transfer rumour. There are several every month from all over the world, after all.
But the Guardian report that Brighton have indeed paid £8m to sign Kozlowski. The fact that the fee is exactly the same as Super Express’s report suggests it was accurate. It’s reasonable to assume that Liverpool had real interest here, then.
We can’t exactly consider this a blow – Kozlowski is still a very young player, after all, and we don’t know how he’ll develop. But the Pole would have been an interesting inclusion to Liverpool’s growing young team.
He’d have been another option in a very attacking midfield, rotating with the likes of Curtis Jones and Harvey Elliott. It would have been quite the selection.
On the other hand, you can argue that Liverpool didn’t really have room for Kozlowski and perhaps that’s why the £10m bid never materialised. Instead, we’ll have to watch how he develops and Brighton – and hope Liverpool made the right decision.
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