It’s Thursday and I’ve gotLiverpooltransfer rumours, lots of them. Let’s go…
Hard to remember the last time I went a day without writing the nameRomeo Lavia. TheSouthamptonmanager admitted there ‘needs to be movement’ in his squad, after the Belgian was left out of the EFL Cup defeat to Gillingham,BBC Radio Solent.
Sacha Tavoliericlaims thatLiverpoolwill pay the extra £5m to meet the Saints’ £50m valuation and get the transfer over the line (so we can all move on with our lives).
Liverpool’s other midfield targetAndre Trindadenow seems further away than ever after his side Fluminense progressed to the Copa Libertadores last eight.Read more on that here.
The Reds seem set to start the new season with only two new signings, then. Club captainVirgil van Dijkhas said he understands concerns over the need for more transfer activity.Read more on that here.
Elsewhere, the Reds remain ‘at the window’ (not in a Peeping Tom way) for €40m-rated Torino centre backPerr Schuurs, according toCalciomercato.
Keito Nakamurarefused a move toLiverpoolfrom LASK in Austria this summer because he didn’t want to be loaned back out, claims journalistMohamed Tounache-ter.
Meanwhile, ex-RedAlex Oxlade-Chamberlainhas agreed terms with Besiktas and is set for a medical with the Turkish club, according toPaul Joyce of the Times.
Neil Jonesclaims that there are several options open toNat Phillips, with clubs in the Championship, as well as Germany and Netherlands, interested in the defєɴԀer.
And finally, World Cup winnerMarcel DesaillytoldBoyleSportsthat he wanted to joinLiverpoolway back in 1998 but his wife convinced him of a move toChelseainstead. Any chance he can do a job at DM this weekєɴԀ?
