Liverpool midfielder Wataru Endo, 31, is in high demand as the Japan international continues to struggle for game time at Anfield, with AC Milan, Fulham, Wolves and Ipswich all interested.
Manchester City boss Pep Guardiola is weighing up for a move for Bayer Leverkusen's Netherlands defender Jeremie Frimpong, 23, and his fellow Dutch defender Sepp van den Berg, 22, who joined Brentford from Liverpool last summer. (Football Transfers) The agent of Canada striker Jonathan David has told potential suitors including Juventus, Inter Milan, Liverpool and Manchester United that the 24-year-old wants a contract worth £5m a year to join them on a free transfer when his deal at Lille expires next summer. (Tuttosport - in Italian) Arsenal and Liverpool are among the top European clubs looking to add Eintracht Frankfurt's Sweden midfielder Hugo Larsson, 20, to their ranks in January. (Teamtalk) Liverpool have been impressed by Sweden's Daniel Svensson, with Manchester United and Arsenal also among the clubs interested in the FC Nordsjælland left-back, 22. (Teamtalk)
Forethought of the Day: Expect ManU to spend BIG in January, especially if they make it through December, and are still only 4 pts (+/-) out of the CL spots...they will give Amorim every opportunity... Whether he can do anything with the lot they have, plus a few BIG signings in December...
they are in a real bind though. one that is 100% of their own making. they can't buy big without breaking PSR rules (which tbf they do try to respect) unless they dump a lot of existing players. but ... they have paid ridiculous fees for almost all of their squad so will take a bath and make their PSR worse. plus ... they pay ludicrous wages, which other clubs would laugh at, so MU would need to subsidise salaries for years and that assumes the players on those crazy wages would even agree to move. we've seen a number of big MU names dig in their heels on that.
Who would they realistically be looking to shift? Antony for sure and they'll take a big loss on him. I'd also be inclined to move Rashford on and while he's on massive wages, he's home grown, so just getting him off the books opens up options for them. I'd also move Bruno on as I think his mentality is an overall detriment to the team, but doubt that would happen soon. Bring Sancho back and add a winger and their forward line would be decent. If he's going to play back 3, then I expect they'll need to refresh their defenders. Think Maguire and Lindelof are out of contract at the end of the season. Also can't believe any team expecting to win anything would employ a 5'6" central defender even if they do play in a 3, so I'd look to move Martinez on as well.
My guess is they would give Hojlund the rest of this season to see if he shows anything worth keeping but if he doesn't they'll offload him. Not sure who in their right mind would ever be interested in Antony, at a fraction of what they paid. And given his ego he likely thinks he deserves his huge salary.
Liverpool remain in talks with 32-year-old Egypt forward Mohamed Salah over a potential new contract but the parties are currently far apart on any deal. (Florian Plettenberg)
Liverpool are considering a move for in-form PSV Eindhoven striker Ricardo Pepi, with the 21-year-old United States international also on the radar of Bayern Munich, Borussia Dortmund and Atletico Madrid. (Caughtoffside)
Liverpool right-back Trent Alexander-Arnold continues to reject offers to renew his contract at Anfield as Real Madrid press on with negotiations to sign the 26-year-old when his current deal expires next summer. (Relevo - in Spanish) West Ham are expected to stand firm on Ghana attacking midfielder Mohammed Kudus' £85m release clause with Arsenal and Liverpool both monitoring the 24-year-old. Manchester United and Liverpool are keeping tabs on Fulham left-back Antonee Robinson, 27, after his fine start to the season. The London club are said to be reluctant to let the American leave during the season, ruling out a possible January move. (Football Insider, external)
He's been getting plenty of plaudits from pubdits and from what I've seen and has been hyped as one of the best LBs in the league. He's a lot better equipped to play for Liverpool than Ricardo Pepi.
I think he's very impressive - only negative is he's probably 2-3 years older than ideal for us. that said I wouldn't complain if we signed him, although he might look at Robbo and Tsimi and see few minutes available for him right now.
Benfica and Turkey midfielder Orkun Kokcu, 23, has praised the impact Liverpool manager Arne Slot has had on his career amid links of a potential move to Anfield. (Liverpool Echo)
File this under "P" for Pfffftttttt! or Piffle! or Pah! or Preposterous!..... Manchester United are interested in AC Milan and USA winger Christian Pulisic, 26, along with Liverpool and West Ham. (Calciomercato)
Liverpool winger Federico Chiesa, 27, could return to his native Italy in January with Inter Milan eyeing up a loan move. (Mirror) Liverpool and Arsenal will not be able to sign Ghana winger Mohammed Kudus for less than his £85m release clause next summer, with West Ham determined to keep hold of the 24-year-old. (Football Insider)
Given the amount of noise, one has to wonder if there might be some truth to this Chiesa nonsense. One hopes it is just noise, as it makes no sense. But you still have to wonder where all this is coming from - definitely not from Liverpool. If Chiesa, or his agent, are peddling this nonsense, it might be best to move him on.