Liverpool in talks for €100m forward deal
Big changes are coming to Liverpool’s forward line this summer. Last year the changes focussed on the centre of the attack with playmaker Florian Wirtz arriving alongside strikers Hugo Ekitike and A...
Liverpool in talks for €100m forward deal Big changes are coming to Liverpool’s forward line this summer. Last year the changes focussed on the centre of the attack with playmaker Florian Wirtz arriving alongside strikers Hugo Ekitike and Alexander Isak. One-v-one quality out wide is expected to be prioritised in 2026 by Richard Hughes and Arne Slot.
Mohamed Salah is leaving the club having reached an agreement to rip up his £400k per week contract one year early. Federico Chiesa is very likely to join Salah on the exit ramp having failed to win over Arne Slot across his two seasons at Anfield. Fans meanwhile would welcome an upgrade on Cody Gakpo and the head coach has been reluctant to use Rio Ngumoha as a consistent starter.
Yan Diomande is the priority target Yan Diomande has put in plenty of eye-catching displays for RB Leipzig this season - helping the Red Bull-owned outfit qualify for the Champions League. The 19-year-old joined Leipzig from Leganes last summer for a bargain £18m fee - inking a deal until 2030. That contract puts the Bundesliga side in total control of the Ivory Coast international’s next move amid an intense scramble for his signature.
Diomande is expected to fetch €100m in the summer transfer market if Leipzig decide to do business. Having paid a nine-figure sum for Isak and Wirtz last summer it would be a big ask for the Merseysiders to stump up that kind of money once again. But a report in TEAMtalk claims that talks with Leipzig are underway - albeit right now at a preliminary level.