JOURNALIST DELIVERS LIVERPOOL TRANSFER UPDATE
Italian journalist Fabrizio Romano has delivered transfer updates on Liverpool via his Here We Go podcast. According to him, Liverpool will have to sell some of their players to raise funds for new signings.
The respected media personnel revealed that the focus has been on renewing contracts this summer.
Liverpool have made just a solitary signing in the current transfer window and that was the £36m signing of Moussa Konate. The lanky central defender was signed from RB Leipzig in the German Bundesliga.
FULHAM AHEAD OF BENFICA FOR WILSON
Fulham are leading Portuguese club Benfica in the race to sign Liverpool winger Harry Wilson according to English publication Daily Mail. It was revealed that the English Championship side is closing in on the £10m transfer for the Welsh international.
The report said that the Reds are expected to receive around £10m from the potential transfer of Wilson who was left out of thepreseason game with German Bundesliga side Mainz 05. Welsh international Wilson was not in the Liverpool squad that beat Mainz 1-0 thanks to a late own goal.
Liverpool were said to have withdrawn Wilson from the squad to face Mainz so as not to jeopardise his transfer out of the club.
FULHAM AHEAD OF BENFICA FOR WILSON
Fulham are leading Portuguese club Benfica in the race to sign Liverpool winger Harry Wilson according to English publication Daily Mail. It was revealed that the English Championship side is closing in on the £10m transfer for the Welsh international.
The report said that the Reds are expected to receive around £10m from the potential transfer of Wilson who was left out of thepreseason game with German Bundesliga side Mainz 05. Welsh international Wilson was not in the Liverpool squad that beat Mainz 1-0 thanks to a late own goal.
Liverpool were said to have withdrawn Wilson from the squad to face Mainz so as not to jeopardise his transfer out of the club.
LAZIO IN BID FOR SHAQIRI
Lazio have submitted an offer for Liverpool playmaker XerdanShaqiri. This is according to Italian publication La Lazio SiamoNoi which stated that the Italian Serie A team has made a first bid for the Swiss international who has been linked with a move away from the Reds this summer.
Swiss star Shaqiri was on the fringes of the starting XI at Liverpool last season as he struggled for playing time especially in the Premier League. The former Bayern Munich, Stoke City and Inter Milan player started five times in the league last season as Liverpool qualified for Champions League football on the final day of the season.
WEST BROM OPEN TALKS FOR AWONIYI
West Brom have reportedly opened talks to sign Nigerian striker TaiwoAwoniyi from Liverpool. The Baggies are back in the English Championship after one season in the Premier League and they are keen to bolster their squad on the attacking front with Awoniyi who has been sent on loan from Liverpool seven times.
According to Birmingham Live, West Brom have already initiated talks with the Reds in their quest to sign Nigerian attacker Awoniyi as they try to build a squad capable of securing a return to the English top flight instantly.