{"id":307303,"date":"2025-11-20T23:37:05","date_gmt":"2025-11-20T23:37:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/som2nynetwork.com\/uncategorized\/liverpool-news-reds-backed-to-sign-star\/"},"modified":"2025-11-20T23:37:05","modified_gmt":"2025-11-20T23:37:05","slug":"liverpool-news-reds-backed-to-sign-star","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/som2nynetwork.com\/?p=307303","title":{"rendered":"Liverpool News: Reds backed to sign star"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.live4liverpool.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/MixCollage-20-Nov-2025-10-48-AM-2512-1024x512.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div xmlns:default=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<!-- Article Start --><\/p>\n<p><strong>Liverpool are among the clubs who are \u201cwatching\u201d AZ Alkmaar midfielder Kees Smit, according to a new update from former scout Mick Brown.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Reds haven\u2019t got too long to wait until the January transfer window, should they look to do incoming or outgoing business, with Bournemouth star <a href=\"https:\/\/live4liverpool.com\/liverpool-fans-will-love-what-david-ornstein-has-said-about-antoine-semenyo\/\">Antoine Semenyo linked with a move<\/a> in recent days.<\/p>\n<p>It feels like more likely that next summer will see more transfer activity, however, with depth likely to be required in several areas, especially if some players move on, from Ibrahima Konate to Alexis Mac Allister.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.footballinsider247.com\/liverpool-in-race-to-sign-newcastle-target-who-arne-slot-has-the-inside-track-on\/\"><em>Football Insider<\/em><\/a>, Brown claimed that Liverpool are eyeing a move for Smit, with the 19-year-old a \u201chighly-rated\u201d player who many clubs are watching:<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cHe\u2019s exactly the type of player Liverpool will be looking at. Clubs in England are always keeping close tabs on the Dutch league, they\u2019ll cover it extensively, and especially Liverpool with the manager\u2019s links over there.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cSo I have no doubts they will have been watching Smit and keeping tabs on his performances. He\u2019s very highly-rated and there are a lot of teams watching him, and they will have been impressed with his performance against Palace in the Conference League.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cEven before that game, these clubs knew about him, and they\u2019ll know all about what he can do. He was able to show that against Palace, a very good Premier League side, so that will be another boost in terms of figuring out how he would adapt. <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cLiverpool are always looking to bring in these type of young players who can develop in their side and eventually become key, so he would very much fit that bill.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<h2><strong>Smit a superb long-term signing for Liverpool<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Smit is a player with a huge future in the game, being hailed as \u201cfantastic\u201d by scout <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/FTalentScout\/status\/1879128601653563894?s=20\">Jacek Kulig<\/a> and already making 50 appearances for Alkmaar and registering 10 goal contributions (four goals and six assists).<\/p>\n<p>The midfielder is playing with a maturity beyond his years, proving to be a key player for his club side, making <a href=\"https:\/\/www.whoscored.com\/players\/513559\/show\/kees-smit\">11 starts<\/a> in the Eredivisie this season.<\/p>\n<p>Smit has also been capped by the Netherlands across five different age groups, making a combined 36 caps for his country, and a big career for the senior side could await, assuming he avoids serious injury.<\/p>\n<p>The teenager could be a great long-term addition for Liverpool, adding fresh legs in the middle of the park and the potential to be a future star at Anfield.<\/p>\n<p>                    <!-- Article End --><\/p>\n<link rel=\"stylesheet\" id=\"block-feedback\" href=\"https:\/\/live4liverpool.com\/wp-content\/themes\/snack-network\/dist\/css\/post-feedback.min.css?7.4.2\" type=\"text\/css\" media=\"all\"\/><\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Liverpool are among the clubs who are \u201cwatching\u201d AZ Alkmaar midfielder Kees Smit, according to a new update from former scout Mick Brown. The Reds haven\u2019t got too long to wait until the January transfer window, should they look to do incoming or outgoing business, with Bournemouth star Antoine Semenyo linked with a move in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":307304,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,137964,107159,98856,100975],"tags":[17994,10307,1820,118404,689,817],"dealstore":[],"offerexpiration":[],"class_list":["post-307303","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-kees-smit","category-lfc-news","category-liverpool","category-premier-league","tag-backed","tag-liverpool","tag-news","tag-reds","tag-sign","tag-star"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Liverpool News: Reds backed to sign star - Som2ny Network<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/som2nynetwork.com\/?p=307303\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Liverpool News: Reds backed to sign star - Som2ny Network\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Liverpool are among the clubs who are \u201cwatching\u201d AZ Alkmaar midfielder Kees Smit, according to a new update from former scout Mick Brown. 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