Who is Giovanni Leoni? £26m centre-back chosen by Liverpool as Virgil van Dijk’s successor - Teenager tipped for a big future ...

Liverpool have been looking for reinforcements in central defence since selling Jarell Quansah to Bayer Leverkusen last month ...

Liverpool have had to use midfielders Ryan Gravenberch, Wataru Endo and Trey Nyoni and left-back Andy Robertson as centre-backs in pre-season after the sale of Quansah and when Joe Gomez was injured ...