Ideal £20m right-back is begging for Liverpool move
Liverpool’s efforts to replace Trent Alexander-Arnold have come up short. The homegrown right-back departed for Real Madrid last summer on a cut-price deal worth £10m. Sporting director Richard Hug...
Ideal £20m right-back is begging for Liverpool move Liverpool’s efforts to replace Trent Alexander-Arnold have come up short. The homegrown right-back departed for Real Madrid last summer on a cut-price deal worth £10m. Sporting director Richard Hughes activated a £29.
5m clause in Jeremie Frimpong’s Bayer Leverkusen contract and Conor Bradley was given a bumper new deal. But Frimpong has had an up-and-down season - and doesn’t even appear a natural fit at right-back. Bradley’s season ended in January due to injury and he has got a lot of work to do in order to convince the Premier League champions’ hierarchy that he is the long-term solution in the position.
We’ve seen the Anfield club linked with plenty of right-backs ahead of the summer transfer window opening - as it emerges as a position of real priority. Arne Slot has been forced to use midfielders there this season - in the shape of Dominik Szoboszlai, Curtis Jones and Wataru Endo - and a proper remedy is now being sought once and for all. Denzel Dumfries wants Liverpool Denzel Dumfries has been floated as an intriguing option - given his experience as a multiple title-winner with Inter Milan and his recognised class.
The 30-year-old has also got a tantalising release clause of just over £20m in his contract - with TEAMtalk now reporting that Liverpool have been sounded out by the Dutchman’s entourage over a deal. The Merseysiders are well-established watchers of Dumfries - who is coming off the back of another Serie A-winning season. Now his team have been reaching out to Premier League clubs over a deal - with Manchester City and Arsenal also named as suitors.