Contact made: Liverpool eyeing shock £100m+ raid on London giants for ‘top, top player’

Below is a summary of the full article. Click here for the full version from Empire Of The Kop or go back to LFC Live.

Liverpool are reportedly eyeing a shock move for a London-based teenager who’s previously inflicted damage on the Reds.The Merseyside giants reinforced their wide attacking options in the summer with the signings of Victor Munoz and Bradley Barcola, but it’d seem that they don’t intend to finish shopping in that department just yet.Liverpool chiefs make contact over EstevaoAccording to sources for Football FanCast, Anfield chiefs have contacted the representatives of Chelsea winger Estevao and are attempting to deter him from talks over a potential new contract at Stamford Bridge.The Blues are reportedly planning negotiations over a new deal for the 19-year-old in the coming months (Fabrizio Romano), although Liverpool are hoping to intervene before then and have already dispatched scouts to watch him in action.The west London club have no plans to part with the Brazilian forward and are understood to value him at more than £100m, with the ownership ‘relaxed’ about his situation.(Photo by Andrew Redington/Getty Images)Want more Empire of the Kop coverage? Add us as a preferred source on Google to your favourites list for news you can trustLiverpool may be encouraged by Estevao’s lack of game-timeIt’s been nearly a year since Estevao delivered a crushing blow to Liverpool with a stoppage-time winner against us at Stamford Bridge, one of eight goals he netted for Chelsea last season.However, the teenager has barely had a look-in under Xabi Alonso outside of the Carabao Cup, having yet to play more than 10 minutes of a Premier League match in the early weeks of this campaign (Transfermarkt), and there have been reports from his homeland (via BBC) that he’s currently unsettled in west London.The 19-year-old – who former Blues boss Enzo Maresca has backed to become a ‘top, top, top player’ (TNT Sports) – plays primarily on the right wing, where the Reds’ only natural senior option at present is the rarely-used Federico Chiesa.If Estevao continues to be largely overlooked at Chelsea and is reluctant to sign a new contract, Liverpool might grow increasingly confident of luring him to Anfield over the next few months, should they wish to advance their reported interest.We’d be surprised if LFC were to spend another £100m+ on a winger who could be difficult to acquire from a direct domestic rival, and right now he seems like a player who’d be nice to have rather than a must-have.Nonetheless, it’ll be compelling to see if anything further comes of these initial reports.