Liverpool transfer news today: Zubimendi DILEMMA, Quansah GAMBLE and Hincapie BOOST
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Bruce Davis
Bruce Davis
The latest Liverpool transfer news on Friday 9 August as a potentially imminent signing is placed in doubt.
ZUBIMENDI FACES GERRARD-ESQUE DILEMMA
Liverpool could still miss out on the signing of Martín Zubimendi as Real Sociedad launch a charm offensive to try and keep hold of the star.
Paul Joyce has reported that Real Sociedad will try and convince Zubimendi to reject Liverpool despite reports earlier today that the club were resigned to losing the 25-year-old.
After already rejecting Barcelona and Arsenal this summer Real Sociedad are now hoping that they can convince Zubimendi to stay put at his boyhood club.
QUANSAH TRANSFER GAMBLE FOR LIVERPOOL
This time last year, the idea of Jarell Quansah being a vital squad player for Liverpool seemed unfathomable.
At that point, the Englishman had never made a senior appearance for the Reds, and as is the case with so many youth products at Anfield, an eventual exit seemed more likely than him staying for years.
But then Quansah enjoyed a breakthrough 2023/24 season that nobody saw coming, not only proving to be a genuinely reliable player for Jurgen Klopp, but ending the campaign in front of Ibrahima Konate in the pecking order.
As we head into another Premier League season, it feels increasingly as though Liverpool won't sign a new central defender, instead taking a giant punt on Quansah and trusting him as a long-term option.
LONG-TERM LIVERPOOL TARGET MADE AVAILABLE
Piero Hincapié could be available this summer as the star looks for regular first-team football according to Sky Germany.
The Ecuadorian has been on Liverpool’s radar for a long time and the Reds even reportedly tried to make an advance in January that was rebuffed by eventual Bundesliga winners Bayer Leverkusen.
It has been widely reported that Liverpool are in the market for another central defender this summer and with Sepp van den Berg potentially on the way out and Virgil Van Dijk only having one year left on his contract, Hincapié could be Liverpool’s man.
CLUBS FIGHTING OVER VAN DEN BERG
Liverpool will receive a call from Bundesliga champions Bayer Leverkusen as they want to sign a £25m player from the Reds.
Sky Germany's Florian Plettenberg reports that as many as six Bundesliga clubs are hoping to sign Sepp van den Berg this summer. He names Stuttgart, Hoffenheim, Wolfsburg, Mainz and Borussia Monchengladbach are interested in the Dutchman.
The biggest name, however, is Bayer Leverkusen. The German champions are apparently in the market for Van den Berg, too, but Liverpool's asking price is a stumbling block.
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