Crystal Palace plans to plunder Liverpool before the end of the transfer window – in an attempt to secure Harvey Elliott.
The Eagles have made the star of the Reds and England a prime target while they want to stimulate their team for the new Premier League season that starts.
Elliott is drawn up as a potential replacement for Ebereechi Eze, which is strongly connected to a move to Tottenham.
Spurs is supposed to prepare an important offer for the attacking midfielder, whose versions last season made him one of the most popular property in English football.
Arsenal is also enthusiastic about the midfielder, but should first sell.
Liverpool is expected to demand around £ 40 million for Elliott, who missed a penalty against Palace in the Shield Community in Wembley.
The new Liverpool manager Arne Slot is not under pressure to sell the versatile midfielder-forward, but he knows that the player is desperate based on regular first team football.
Elliott appeared 53 performances in all competitions last season, but often noticed that he started to start from the bank in crucial luminaires.
It is believed that Slot respects the ambition of the young person and is not in the way if a suitable offer is on the table.
Palace is supposed to have made their admiration clear to Elliott during the first conversations with Liverpool.
The conversations are complicated by continuous negotiations between the two clubs about Marc Guehi, which is being sought in a £ 35 million movement by the Merseysiders.
The situation draws up a fascinating impasse of the late window: Palace wants Elliott to fill the creativity gap that can be left by the departure of Eze, while Liverpool likes to be on Guehi to strengthen their back line.
The possibility of a player-plus-cash arrangement is not excluded.
Palace captain Guehi has left on his contract for another year, but chairman Steve Parish said earlier this week that he could be sold to prevent him from going on a free transfer in 12 months.
Liverpool also tries to sign the 18-year-old Parma Center-back Giovanni Leoni.
The Italy Under-19 International is not seen as a potential rival for Guehi, but more as one for the future.
He started his career at Padova and had a short period in Sampdoria before he came to Parma last summer.
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