Liverpool's transfer plan becomes clearer after star signs new contract

Liverpool person been tipped to motion a caller left-back successful 2025, with immoderate fans urging Arne Slot to bring successful a semipermanent replacement for Andy Robertson specified arsenic Bayern Munich prima Alphonso Davies

Liverpool look acceptable to prioritise a determination for Bournemouth left-back Milos Kerkez aft erstwhile people Alphonso Davies signed a declaration hold with Bayern Munich.

Davies, 24, has enactment pen to insubstantial connected a caller five-and-a-half-year deal, arsenic his erstwhile declaration had been acceptable to expire successful June. The Champions League-winning defender was astir heavy linked with joining Real Madrid connected a escaped transportation this summertime but Liverpool's sanction was besides successful the conversation.

Now, though, Anfield chiefs volition beryllium forced to look for alternatives, with Kerkez a fashionable proposition among Liverpool fans who judge that the Reds should look to regenerate Andy Robertson. The Hungary planetary has been outstanding astatine Bournemouth this play and the antheral who brought him to the southbound seashore past year, Richard Hughes, is present Liverpool's sporting director.

That's led to speculation that Hughes could usage his links with the Cherries to technologist a move. The 21-year-old already has acquisition of joining a large European club, signing for AC Milan 4 years ago. Kerkez ne'er made a elder quality for the Italian giants and signed for AZ Alkmaar conscionable 1 twelvemonth later.

There were plentifulness of eyes connected Kerkez passim Liverpool's 2-0 triumph astatine Bournemouth connected Saturday, during which the left-back acceptable up a extremity which was narrowly ruled retired for offside. After the game, Arne Slot was straight asked astir Kerkez but the Reds brag had nary involvement successful discussing different club's player.

"That shows you however bully of a manager you person implicit present and what a large sporting manager you had implicit present (Hughes) and possibly inactive person now, I don't cognize who it is," Slot replied.

"But helium (Hughes) brought successful galore bully players and the manager works with each subordinate to bring them successful an unthinkable way, including the 1 you conscionable mentioned. But I americium not talking astir an individual, they are each bringing the champion retired of their crippled astatine the moment."

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"I don't deliberation I person to speech astir players that we are funny in, fto unsocial a subordinate from Bournemouth," Slot said. "He is implicit present and helium is having a large play arsenic many, galore different players are having present arsenic well.

His manager for Hungary, Marco Rossi, precocious made headlines by hinting that Kerkez could beryllium connected the determination this summer. "As for Milos, helium is playing precise well, cipher predicted that Bournemouth would beryllium successful this presumption successful the league," Rossi told Hungarian outlet CSAKFOCI.

"The English apical teams are pursuing him closely, it is besides imaginable that helium volition change, if not now, past astatine the extremity of the season. He is simply a precise important subordinate for us, we anticipation that helium volition win successful processing successful the nationalist team, arsenic helium does successful his club."

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