Nathaniel Clyne's move to Liverpool has been put into doubt with the news that the Red's are looking at an italian right back.

The right back in question is Atalanta's Davvide Zappacosta who was part of the Italy U21 side that beat England's U21's earlier this week.

Zappacosta who ha recently turned 23 has apparently impressed Brendan Rodgers who is believed to be making a bid for his services.

This throws a cloud over Clyne's move to Liverpool, Zappacosta is looking to force his way into the full Italian side so will want to play regularly and it will mean that if Rodgers lands both, then one will be disappointed by May 2016 and probably not going to the Euro's

The big question is whether Clyne himself will be so keen to join Liverpool if he has such high quality competition for his place, he is at a crucial stage of his career and he cannot afford to follow former team mates Lallana, Lovren & Lambert into footballing limbo.

Perhaps this will not affect the potential transfer, however I dont think Clyne will be very happy if Zappacosta pops up at Anfield a few weeks later.

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SaintOxford added 16:27 - Jun 26 Based on what has happened to the other Saints players moving to Liverpool Clyne could easily spend next season on the bench. I am sure that Lollana had other things in mind he went there, and to my eye at least, seemed to do pretty well for the scouters when he got his chance, but just wasn't given pitch time by Brenda. Its hard for Clyne though, because on the one hand the Liverpool fightback berth looks tailor made for him, and will almost certainly guarantee that Hodgson blindly picks him, but on the other, it's unlikely that Liverpool won't war high quality cover, and Flanagan still has much to prove. And of course, really I just want one more season out of Clyne. With Spiderman and Tobi both likely to go, our defence needs stability.

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schatfield added 16:29 - Jun 26 Ha!
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aceofthebase added 21:31 - Jun 26 The Liverpool boo boys will attack Clyne within a month. Then it's all over for Clyne
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SanMarco added 11:43 - Jun 27 This is a 'look what we can sign instead if you don't get a move on Clyne' type piece of mischief from Brenda.
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