Takumi Minamino has opened up on the lack of opportunities he’s received at Liverpool amid speculation over a move to Leeds United. The 27-year-old featured 24 times last season for the Reds - scoring 10 goals and assisting one more - but only nine of those were from the start and just one start was in the Premier League.
The Japan international has been on the periphery of the Reds team ever since signing from RB Salzburg for £7.25million in January 2020, failing to make the instant impact as the likes of Diogo Jota and Luis Diaz have done since. And the forward now seems surplus to requirements at Anfield, with the club reportedly happy to sell their man for around £17million.
Leeds face competition from the likes of Southampton - where he spent the second half of the 2020/2021 campaign on loan - and Monaco, and Minamino’s agent has spoken to all interested parties in preparation for a decision to be made. And the Reds forward has opened up about the lack of big-game opportunities at Liverpool, admitting he was motivated by ‘regret and anger’.
