Overview
- Reports published Thursday place Liverpool among the frontrunners to sign the RB Leipzig defender for about £20 million.
- Sunderland can buy him at that price under their option, leaving the final call with Geertruida.
- Aston Villa, Everton, Tottenham and Crystal Palace are also tracking the 25-year-old.
- Manager Régis Le Bris said his three-position skill set can make it harder to nail down one role.
- He is described as happy at Sunderland, with Liverpool's January scouting underscoring growing outside interest.