Didi Hamann believes Micky van de Ven will be on Liverpool's transfer radar this season - along with another Tottenham Hotspur defender
Didi Hamann believes Tottenham Hotspur star Micky van de Ven will be "on the radar" of Liverpool this summer. The Reds agreed a deal to sign Jeremy Jacquet on transfer deadline day with the highly-rated Rennes defender joining in the summer for an initial £55m, potentially rising to £60m.
However, Ibrahima Konate is inside the final few months of his contract, Joe Gomez was close to leaving the club in the closing days of last summer's window, while Giovanni Leoni is still recovering from a serious injury.
And Hamann, who won the 2005 Champions League with the Reds, thinks Netherlands international Van de Ven will be near the top of any shortlist for defensive additions.
"We know in football how important pace is going forward, but also at the same time you need quick defenders, and the more fast ones you've got, the better," Hamann told Thunderpick.io.
"I think Micky van de Van is one of the quickest, if not the quickest, in the Premier League. So, yeah, he'd certainly be one who's on the radar.
"And there's a player from Spurs at Hamburg now who's making huge waves, Luka Vuskovic, a Croatian guy, 18. He leads the defence. They got a point against Munich last week. He scored, and he's on Tottenham's books.
"I think Ivan Rakitic came out and said he's such a good player, he should go to Bayern Munich, they should be signing him. But obviously, they can only sign him if Spurs let him go.
"So, I think the centre-back position at Spurs will be very interesting what's happening in the summer because Van de Ven, the way he stood well here for Wolfsburg, I always liked him as a player.
"I think he's a player who strives to do better. I'm not sure whether he's too happy with the way things are going, I suppose, at the moment."
Hamann continued: "If Ibrahima Konate leaves, they (Liverpool) probably need at least one more player because I think it's a big risk.
"Jeremy Jacquet is a very promising young player. Bayern Munich were very interested; they thought they might have had him because it was not clear whether Dayot Upamecano was going to extend his contract.
"You just have to wait and see. I think what will be important is that when a young player comes into a struggling side, it doesn't help him.
@Hopefully, in the summer, things will have settled down because it makes it a lot easier for a young player to come in and do what he does best.
‘If Konate was to go, which is a possibility or maybe likely, I certainly think they need at least one more defender."