The first pre-season-friendly for the season of Liverpool is approaching as Arne Slot Hugo Ekitike hopes to see the team on Asia Tour later this week after Medical in London
Liverpool acclimatizes in Asia prior to their first previous season -friendly against AC Milan on Saturday, while their latest sensational transfer is approaching completion as Hugo Ekitike Jets to London for a medical for a £ 79 million movement.
Ekitike and his agent Karl Mwalako flew to London yesterday morning and not Liverpool prior to his transfer of £ 79 million from Eintracht Frankfurt.
The France under the age of 21 would undergo a medical medical in the capital before signing his six -year contract and he will then be taken to Asia to participate in the first team team of Arne Slot during their tour for the season. And everything that goes well could be completed on Wednesday afternoon.
The signing of Ekitike takes their summer expenditure so far to almost £ 300 million if the Anfield club wants to build a team that is able to retain the Premier League title, but it also means that Arne Slot is now expected to say goodbye to a number of players before the campaign starts.
And that should leave Arne Slot very well equipped in their pursuit of a second consecutive Premier League title with less than three weeks to go before the new campaign starts, talking about a deal for Crystal Palace captain Marc Guehi who still lingers.
But an increased amount of attention is now changing to probable deviations from Anfield, with a maximum of eight players who may leave before the transfer window closes.
Here are the transfer whisper from in and around MerseSide.
Potential outputs appear
The future of Luiz Diaz may remain the most intriguing. Bayern Munich has already rejected an offer of around £ 60 million and the Colombia Forward would like to explore a chance elsewhere.
And although the position of Liverpool is that he is not for sale, where Diaz continues to train with the first team as normal, they are brace for an improved bid from the Bundesliga champions.
Diaz is supposed to leave because he wants a new contract – but the Reds -Hierarchy is not in a hurry to give him one. The faith of the 28-year-old and his agent is that he is paid too little in Anfield, compared to teammates of similar status in the first team team.
However, the club is open to offers for Misfit Darwin Nunez, after two seasons in which he did not realize his £ 85 million reimbursement. Atletico Madrid seems to have strengthened their interest with Liverpool who wanted to keep £ 70 mm while Napoli went somewhere else, but the potential of a large switch to Saudi Arabia for the International of Uruguay remains.
England under the 21 midfielder Harvey Elliott, who won the player of the tournament at last month's euro, is another who will probably leave if the right offer is made because it is difficult to earn long -term minutes last season.
He spoke frankly during the title winning campaign for his desire to play more often and had closed what he had to do to get a bigger look.
But Liverpool will not sell him cheaply. Watching a number of Premier League parties, but nobody is enthusiastic about a price tag of £ 50 million.
Several other young people could also play elsewhere this season.
Defensive midfielder Tyler Morton, 22, has interest from Premier League parties and can go on loan or a permanent deal. Ben Doak, Luca Stephenson and James McConnell can all stand in line for seasonal loan movements.
Guehi Competition
Liverpool is not the only interested party in Crystal Palace Captain Marc Guehi, with Mirror Football report that Tottenham has made it clear that they are also in the race. Spurs offered £ 70 million for the center in January, only to see it being rejected by Palace, and are ready to return this summer.
However, Palace's hand is considerably weakened by Guehi who enters the last 12 months of his contract. From January he will be free to speak with other clubs prior to a free agent movement next summer and there is no prospect that the international of England signed a new contract.