Liverpool were keen on £30m winger but now he’s close to joining Tottenham instead

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Liverpool look likely to lose out to Tottenham Hotspur on a potential transfer target.

While the Reds have been silent in the January window so far, Spurs have been making plenty of noise. The North Londoners have already brought in Timo Werner and Radu Dragusin.

And now, according to Football London, they could be set to make a third signing of the month. And potentially at Liverpool’s expense.

It’s claimed that Club Brugge youngster Antonio Nusa is the player in question. With Spurs reportedly in talks with Brugge over the 18-year-old, Ange Postecoglou’s side are now said to be ‘at the front of the queue’ for Nusa.

That’s despite attention from Liverpool, Arsenal and Chelsea who are all claimed to have been ‘showing interest’ in the Norwegian.

Highly-rated as he is though, Nusa seemingly won’t come cheap. Brugge will reportedly be hoping for around £30m for the teenager. It’s also claimed that Spurs have held talks with the Belgian club over loaning Nusa back for the rest of the season.

Tottenham move ahead on Nusa

Nusa has indeed been linked with Liverpool prior to Spurs taking the lead on him.

Back in September, the Reds were claimed to be actively scouting the Norway international, just days after he rejected a deadline day move to Chelsea.

If they’ve been watching him this season, then there’s little reason Liverpool’s scouts wouldn’t have been impressed.

Although he’s only started six league matches for Brugge, Nusa has notched two goals and two assists. That isn’t bad for under 700 minutes of football.

He bagged another goal in the Europa Conference League and looks set to light up the international stage with Norway, too.

With players like this, there can often be a danger of them moving too far too soon. It’s fair to say that Nusa isn’t even a regular in Belgium just yet.

But Spurs have done well with these kinds of things recently. Football London highlight the transfers of Destiny Udogie and Pape Mate Sarr as examples. Both were signed very young and then loaned back to the teams they were bought from.

Since coming into the Tottenham first-team this season, both players have done remarkably well. A similar process for Nusa would look like good practice. Of course, that’s something Liverpool could do too, but right now it looks like they’re staying out of things. Advantage Spurs.