There is a lot of uncertainty around the forward line of Liverpool.
Mohamed Salah is out of contract at the end of the season, Saudi Arabia are interested in Darwin Nunez, while a new Liverpool contract for Luis Diaz is reportedly unlikely.
The Uruguayan star is the most likely to depart Anfield at the end of the season as the striker has struggled for the majority of the current campaign under Arne Slot.
It would be a brilliant piece of business if the Reds could bring in the £62.5m offered for the 25-year-old in January as that money could be reinvested wisely.
Slot has shown this season that he likes his number nine to drop deep to create for his wingers, which goes against all the attributes that make Nunez a threat.
Liverpool may already be aware of the perfect player for Slot’s system ahead of the summer and that star has now been compared to club-legend Roberto Firmino.
Matheus Cunha likened to Liverpool legend Roberto Firmino
Slot praised Wolves’ Matheus Cunha ahead of Liverpool’s clash with the Midlands club at the weekend with the Dutch coach describing the Brazilian as a ‘quality player’.
The 25-year-old would go on to impress at Anfield, scoring Wolves’ only goal as Vitor Pereira’s side would cause Liverpool many problems in the second half of the 2-1 win for the Reds.
Virgil van Dijk was impressed with Cunha after the contest labelling the forward as a ‘danger man’ and someone Slot’s team had to be aware of.
Liverpool have been linked to Cunha in the past and when asked if a move for the Wolves star is possible this summer, journalist David Lynch believes it is, as the Brazilian is very similar to Firmino.
“Yeah, I think there possibly could be,” Lynch told Anfield Index. “Arne Slot used that phrase about needing a facilitator in that role.
“It is so similar to the Jurgen Klopp team, getting shots for the wingers, for the centre-forwards it is all about linking up and bringing the play together.”
Lynch continued: “You look at Jota’s role around the first goal [against Wolves], he is just there to link up, isn’t he? Cunha is made for that sort of thing. He is a very similar player to Firmino. Whether he reaches that level or not we will have to see.
“He is 25 years old, a very good age for Liverpool to sign someone, got some experience in the Premier League, got some goals behind him and he has got that £60m release clause.”
Matheus Cunha is the new Roberto Firmino
It was evident on Sunday just why Cunha would be a success at Liverpool as the Brazilian star caused all sorts of problems for the Reds.
The 25-year-old scored a beauty with his left foot from outside of the box and the way he struck it would have reminded the Anfield faithful of Firmino.
It was not only this, as Cunha was often spotted dropping deep to create for his teammates, a trait synonymous with Liverpool’s former number nine.
The Wolves star also put in a shift off of the ball with his pressing and work rate to help out his teammates. Firmino was often the trigger for the press in Jurgen Klopp’s team and was known for not slacking when his team did not have the ball.
Cunha will remind Liverpool fans of Firmino, but away from that, the forward ticks a lot of boxes for the Reds.
It would not be a surprise to see the Premier League leaders in the mix for the Wolves star this summer as the Merseyside club could require a new number nine.
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