A Griezmann-Saul swap deal confuses me, surely the supposed motivation for Atletico in letting Saul go is bringing in a cheaper alternative? But in that swap deal surely some money would go to Barca and wages would increase?
Well they have got a cheaper alternative in De Paul, and maybe they think Griezmann is worth spending money on.
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But that still doesn’t get Barca around their 200M wage excess they need to cut before they can sign anyone.
Was listening to the True Geordie podcast and they were discussing this and even getting rid of Griezmann, Coutinho, Pejanic and Umtiti would only reduce the wage excess by something like 80M.
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Although #Grujic started the pre-season with the #Liverpool squad, he still wants to join #FCPorto. The English team maintains a price of 17 M€, with Porto setting the offer at 13 M€.
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Liverpool are reportedly preparing a £60m bid for Inter Milan and Italy’s Euro 2020 winning-midfielder Nicolo Barella, 24. (La Repubblica)
Barcelona have almost finalised a deal to send France striker Antoine Griezmann, 30, back to former club Atletico Madrid in return for Spain midfielder Saul Niguez, 26. (Mail)
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Real Madrid manager Carlo Ancelotti wants club bosses to sign Egypt forward Mohamed Salah, 29, from Liverpool if a deal for Paris St-Germain’s France striker Kylian Mbappe, 22, cannot be struck this summer. (Fichajes - in Spanish)
Fiorentina are looking to fend off interest in Dusan Vlahovic from Liverpool and Tottenham by tying the 21-year-old Serbia striker down to a new contract. (Calciomercato - in Italian)
Inter Milan insist Euro 2020-winning Italy midfielder Nicolo Barella is “untouchable’” amid rumours linking the 24-year-old with Liverpool and Manchester United. (Fabrizio Romano on Twitter)
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Harry Wilson is among 10 players that Liverpool want to sell and will accept £10m for the 24-year-old Wales forward, who has been linked with Brentford, West Brom and Benfica. (Mirror)
Sassuolo are lining up Liverpool’s 25-year-old Serbia midfielder Marko Grujic as a potential replacement if Italy international Manuel Locatelli, 23, who has been linked with a move to Arsenal and Juventus, leaves this summer. (Sky Sports)
Atletico Madrid’s 26-year-old Spain midfielder Saul Niguez, who has been linked with Barcelona as part of a swap deal for 30-year-old Antoine Griezmann, has Liverpool and Manchester United interested in him as well. (AS - in Spanish)
Atletico remains frontrunners to sign Griezmann, but Chelsea, Manchester City and Liverpool have been made aware that the France forward has been made available for a “low fee”. At least two unnamed Premier League clubs have spoken to his agent in the past month. (90min)
Liverpool could be tempted to make a move for Lyon’s French midfielder Houssem Aouar, 23, who has been linked with Tottenham, Arsenal and Manchester United. (ESPN)
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“Galatasaray is once again taking action for Xherdan Shaqiri, who was on the list of coach Fatih Terim but could not be taken due to its cost.”
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While Origi has suitors in England and Germany, and while Shaqiri can count the likes of Lazio as admirers, the feeling from inside Liverpool is that permanent interest in Minamino this summer will be minimal, and the club are, as things stand, very reluctant to even consider another loan move.
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Liverpool may have to move quickly if they are to beat Borussia Dortmund to the signing of PSV Eindhoven forward Donyell Malen. In order to buy the 22-year-old, Jurgen Klopp would first have to offload fringe players from the squad. (Daily Express)
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England midfielder Jordan Henderson, 31, is set to sign a new deal with Liverpool . The Reds captain’s current deal at Anfield runs until 2023. (Mirror)
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OK, folks, a little reminder here: there are unreliable and there are downright insultingly unreliable sources. There used to be those like Fichajes, Don Balon and Calciomercato in the latter group but now such sources are closer to home, like Anfield Central, who Klopp basically called out for lying over Gomez, after which they had to issue an apology. Please keep a degree of quality here by steering clear of such sources, thank you.
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