The Unreliable LFC Transfer Rumours Discussion Thread (Part 3)

Behind a paywall so cant comment

Well not you
 unless we don’t want him. I’ll open it if you want.

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Behind the paywall it says this:
Liverpool are lining up a £40m move for Bournemouth’s 21-year-old Hungary left-back Milos Kerkez. (Telegraph - subscription required)

And this is what’s behind the Mail’s paywall. It’s a bit worrying. Iba needs new contract.
Real Madrid are interested in Liverpool’s 25-year-old France defender Ibrahima Konate. (Mail - subscription required)

But maybe we don’t need to worry as RM will be buying Huijsen who of course speaks better Spanish than Iba, due to him being Spanish.
Real are also keen on Bournemouth’s 19-year-old Spain defender Dean Huijsen, who has release clause of around £50m in his contract. (Talksport)

This Sesko kid ain’t no friend of mine.
Liverpool are the latest club to show an interest in RB Leipzig’s Benjamin Sesko, although the 21-year-old Slovenia striker is believed to prefer a move to London, with Arsenal and Chelsea keen. (TBR Football)

Please start this thread before Nikola does.

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https://www.reddit.com/r/LiverpoolFC/s/mr2KAW8RQX

Please start the thread before Nikola.

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Who dares summon me?!

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Update on Kimmich:

Bayern complete the agreement with Joshua Kimmich over new deal! Despite links with other clubs, Kimmich always wanted to stay and the verbal agreement has been completed. Negotiations were already advanced 10 days ago with parties now preparing documents to sign very soon. Real Madrid were never advancing in talks with Kimmich as their priority is Trent Alexander-Arnold.

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No smoke without fire scenario, or just a bullshit article with no substance. Would be good if we could keep at least one Scouser in the team next season eh.

Liverpool star to be ‘offered’ to Euro giants with Arne Slot unconvinced amid ‘internal fractures’

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According to reports, Liverpool star Curtis Jones and head coach Arne Slot have had an ‘internal’ conflict and he could leave this summer.

Jones progressed through the ranks at Liverpooland he’s shone at times for his boyhood club under Slot this season.

The 24-year-old has three goals and six assists in his 34 appearances in all competitions, but he has been rotated by Slot as he’s only made 12 Premier League starts.

The centre-midfielder has made brief cameo appearances off the bench against Newcastle United and Paris Saint-Germain in Liverpool’s previous two matches and he’s linked with a shock exit ahead of the summer window.

Not much has been said about this proposed move in recent months, but a report in Italy reckons it’s back on the table with Inter Milan willing to sell Hakan Calhanoglu for a ‘suitable’ price.

Jones is among the players mentioned as possible replacements, with it claimed that he’s to be ‘offered by his agents and brokers to clubs willing to show him off again, including Inter Milan’.

This comes as the Liverpool star has ‘remained in Slot’s shadow’ and the head coach ‘doesn’t want to hear about fielding him as a starter with any continuity’, with this stance sparking ‘some internal fractures’.

It is also noted that Liverpool would want around 40 million euros (£34m) for Jones and this could make it ‘better’ for Inter Milan to ‘rush for a product made in Italy’ as a cheaper solution.

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Jones has been praising Slot so much and so often that people started interpreting that as digs at Klopp (as recent as two weeks ago). Lad looks stoked to play, he’s one of the players in this squad who are the best suited to the type of footbal Slot wants to play. Mind boggles.

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Unsurprising I guess but still strange given how he has in recent months also spoken positively about Jurgen.

I don’t see us selling Jones now. He’s playing either as a #10 or a #8. Probably the midfielder most equipped to cover all 3 roles if we needed, both single pivot roles and #10. Even with him we’re a bit thin (more questions around the futures of Endo and Elliott) and with our other needs elsewhere, wouldn’t make much sense. His mission remains the same, stay fit for longer periods, be more consistent and add more numbers to his game.

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I hope Jones stays for a long time to come. He is a smashing player and it is nice to have a local lad in the side. Obviously the smashing player part being the main thing.

‘According to reports’ is a strange phrase. What reports? No quotes, no reference, no wider momentum on this. So most likely it is nonsense. Still, we do expect a number of moves in summer and this could be something to watch, just in case.

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I think 90% of stuff can be taken with a pinch of salt.

I am not saying Chiesa won’t leave but we had “reports in Italy” saying he was off in January and it seemed to stem that he wasn’t getting game time but he was injured for half of it.

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some more of the Curtis report
Story by Lewis Oldham - Football 365


Interestingly, Jones said before this season that he was loving life under Slot.

“[Slot is] amazing,” Jones told reporters. “It’s probably the happiest I’ve been in terms of a style of play that suits me.

“It’s a clear plan in training and he’s fully involved, coaching us a lot.”

Speaking on Jones earlier this season, Slot said: “He enjoys to play football everyday, always with a smile. He always wants the ball. We had a struggle together.

“In my opinion he touched the ball too much, but now he plays more simple, and that makes him more effective in what he does.

“Good work rate, good person as well, good player, he always wants the ball and he’s so comfortable when he has it.

“I think that’s what makes him an all-round midfielder at the moment for us and for England as well.”

It got you lot to make 7 posts about it, and me to contribute an 8th.

I daresay whoever wrote that junk managed to achieve their goal.

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Stopped reading here

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As soon as you see football365 don’t click on it, let alone bring it up on this forum as it is inevitably bullshit and falsehoods about Liverpool, it must be a manure supporters forum.

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We’re being linked with yet another Dutch player. No surprise there.

I believe this guy scored a heck of a goal on the weekend (© G. Lineker).

Liverpool are contemplating whether to make a move for Brighton’s Netherlands defender Jan Paul van Hecke, 24. (GiveMeSport)

Apparently, Napoli are also interested in this guy.

https://www.givemesport.com/liverpool-transfer-news-keen-sign-jan-paul-van-hecke-for-arne-slot-anfield/

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He’s had a tough PL start at Brighton, really looked like a weak link in some of his early appearances. But has improved. Whether that’s all enough for our level
 not sure, not convinced.

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