Liverpool Eyes Feyenoord Star Givairo Read for Right-Back Solution

Liverpool’s search for a long-term answer at right-back has taken them back to the Netherlands – and straight into a three-way Premier League battle.

Givairo Read, Feyenoord’s flying 20-year-old full-back, is firmly on their radar after a blistering start to the Eredivisie season, with Arsenal and Manchester City also tracking his every move.

Feyenoord starlet forcing Europe’s elite to watch

Read has been central to Feyenoord’s unbeaten league start. Not just a promising youngster filling a gap, but a genuine weapon on the flank.

Five assists in seven Eredivisie games tell the story. The numbers jump off the page, but it’s the timing of his contributions and the consistency of his output that have pushed him into the sights of England’s biggest clubs.

That form hasn’t come out of nowhere. Read was already close to a Premier League move in the summer. Nottingham Forest tabled a bid, while Everton pushed hard and were backed by interest from Roma, with both clubs operating under the Friedkin Group umbrella. Talks never reached the finish line, and Read stayed put in Rotterdam.

The story didn’t end there. Liverpool, along with Arsenal and City, monitored him throughout that window and have simply never stopped watching.

Liverpool’s right-back puzzle

At Anfield, the interest is tied to a very real problem on the pitch.

Jeremie Frimpong has struggled to find rhythm this season, his form dipping just as Liverpool needed stability on the right. That opened the door for Andoni Iraola to reshuffle his back line and hand the role to Barcelona loanee Ronald Araujo in the last three league games.

Araujo has looked assured and powerful, effectively locking down the position in recent weeks. Yet his profile screams centre-back. If his form holds, he could just as easily be groomed as Virgil van Dijk’s long-term successor rather than a permanent solution out wide.

That leaves Liverpool weighing their options. Read, with his attacking thrust and end product, is viewed as a genuine candidate to reshape that flank for the next decade.

January on the horizon

For now, there is no bidding war – only a growing sense that one might be coming.

Sources believe Read is a realistic option for a January move, but everything hinges on which of the interested clubs decide to turn admiration into an official offer. Liverpool, Arsenal and Manchester City have all kept detailed tabs on his progress since the summer, and his early-season form has only hardened their interest.

At 20, Read is approaching a decisive stretch in his career. A jump to the Premier League would be a seismic step, but his performances suggest he is edging towards that level faster than many expected.

Under-21 stage, senior stakes

Before any transfer calls are made, Read has another platform to showcase his rise.

He has been named in the Netherlands under-21 squad for their upcoming European Championship qualifiers against Norway, Slovenia and Bosnia and Herzegovina. Those games offer another chance to prove he can handle higher stakes, bigger scrutiny and the weight of expectation.

The scouts will be there. The reports will land back on desks at Liverpool, Arsenal and Manchester City.

If his trajectory continues like this, the real question isn’t whether someone makes a move – it’s which club blinks first.