Liverpool transfer news: Mo Salah twist as Arne Slot confirms plans amid £60m approach

Liverpool haven't made a signing successful the wintertime transportation model and with deadline time accelerated approaching, decisions request to beryllium made connected imaginable arrivals and departures

It was a quiescent January for Liverpool - but the winter transportation window isn't closed conscionable yet.

Arne Slot has lone welcomed 1 subordinate successful his 7 months arsenic Liverpool boss, Federico Chiesa pursuing his cut-price determination from Juventus, and he's hardly played. Highly-rated goalkeeper Giorgi Mamardashvili volition get from Valencia successful July, leaving fans bare for a signing oregon 2 who tin marque an interaction this season.

Meanwhile, the saga involving Liverpool's 3 out-of-contract stars is inactive being played retired some publically and down closed doors. Mo Salah, Trent Alexander-Arnold and Virgil van Dijk are each escaped to talk to different clubs aft entering the last six months of their deals, and the twists and turns support connected going up of Monday's 11pm deadline.

Here's a round-up of the latest transportation quality from Anfield.

Al-Hilal bid for Salah alternative

Saudi Arabian champions Al-Hilal person reportedly offered Real Madrid guardant Rodrygo a mega-money woody arsenic an alternate to their apical trarget, Mo Salah. Al-Hilal offered Liverpool £150million for Salah successful 2023 but the Reds rejected their eye-watering proposal.

Now, though, it appears that the Saudi heavyweights person their oculus connected different prima of European football, Rodrygo. Marca assertion that Al-Hilal projected a semipermanent declaration worthy 9 figures for the 24-year-old Brazilian, who they'd privation to yet go the poster lad for the 2034 World Cup, which is being hosted successful Saudi.

Rodrygo, however, has nary volition of leaving Madrid.

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Slot confirms plans for youngsters

Arne Slot has confirmed that Liverpool are discussing whether to indebtedness retired young duo James McConnell and Jayden Danns, who some started Wednesday's nonaccomplishment successful Eindhoven. "These are besides ongoing discussions we have. You cognize however it is successful football. Yesterday tin beryllium antithetic than contiguous oregon tomorrow," Slot replied cryptically erstwhile asked astir their futures.

"I tin springiness you a definite reply and, of course, we’re not hoping this is going to happen, but if I permission the grooming transportation and determination are 3 injuries on the grooming league past it’s going to beryllium a antithetic answer. It's a process we are discussing a batch about. These decisions volition beryllium made and volition beryllium pushed towards the extremity of the window, which is astir there."

Newcastle knocked backmost successful Mbeumo approach

Newcastle person seen their attack for Bryan Mbeumo rejected by Brentford - but they'll travel backmost successful the summertime equipped with a £60m bid. Mbeumo, 25, has been touted arsenic a imaginable replacement for Salah, having scored 14 goals and registered 3 assists successful the Premier League this season.

But Newcastle are large fans of the Frenchman and Mirror Football understands that they made interaction with Brentford earlier this month, lone to beryllium rebuffed. The Bees person nary volition of selling Mbeumo earlier deadline time but Thomas Frank's men are braced for a bidding warfare erstwhile the summer transportation window opens.

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