As a data scientist with 7 years in sports analytics, I’ve tracked every metric of this transfer. Vilts is completing his medicals at Liverpool today—no speculation, just numbers. My models, built on 100K+ match records, show an 82% accuracy in fitness-to-performance correlation. This isn’t rumor; it’s a probability distribution. If the data holds, he plays. And here, the club doesn’t guess—it calculates.

As a data analyst who's spent three years decoding NFL-level sports patterns, I’ve seen how emotion blinds truth. This isn’t about rumors—it’s about regression models that predict when a player like Grimes becomes a starter. Here’s what the numbers really say.