Mount would have been a big upgrade on Henderson on the right hand side of midfield. But in all honesty considering Henderson's decline and how little he contributes on the pitch nowadays beyond shouting at his teammates, it isn't going to be that hard to find an upgrade on him. If Mount is being offered a bigger wage alongside CL football then fair enough. Personally I don't think he's worth a transfer fee upwards of £50mil with 12 months left on his contract, alongside a weekly wage upwards of 200k. If we can't find better value aboard then everyone involved with recruitment needs questioning.
Sounds like Mac Allister is all sorted and he'll sign contracts when he is back from holiday and before he links up with Argentina on 10th June. Beyond that the most solid links to other midfielders seem to be Ryan Gravenberch, Khephren Thuram, and Manu Kone. Defender wise it's Jurrien Timber and Micky van de Ven.
Saw this on the Anfield Wrap and tend to agree:
https://twitter.com/TheAnfieldWrap/stat ... 2864824320. We've had our fingers burnt in the last couple of windows hanging around waiting for players/selling clubs to make up their mind and losing out on other targets in the meantime. Sounds like we're talking to more players this time round and will move quickly through our list if things are dragging out. Expect most our business to be done before pre-season starts on 8th July.