Liverpool transfer news, rumors, gossip and speculation including updates on Sofyan Amrabat, Mohamed Salah, Milan Skriniar, Jude Bellingham and more.

That is the latest claim to come from Italy as Fiorentina struggle to maintain their midfield star following the end of the season.

Mohamed Salah has had problems with form and goals lately, but surely he wasn’t going to Paris Saint-Germain this summer? Reports in Europe suggest he’s not ruled out.

If the Reds want a deal in defence, Inter Milan are reportedly willing to let Milan Skriniar start this month at a discounted price. It is clear that sharing a name with his current club is not enough to convince the Slovak to sign a new contract.

Jurgen Klopp on Liverpool’s ‘transition’ and transfers

Jürgen Klopp has spoken out about Liverpool’s transfer policy and the task ahead of him of rebuilding his squad for the long term

Klopp delved into Chelsea’s recent spending in the transfer market and why Liverpool need to do things differently.

“I’m not saying it’s the biggest challenge, but it is a challenge, and it was one of the main reasons I signed a new contract, because I knew it was necessary,” Klopp said on Mike Calvin’s Football People podcast.

“It’s not going to happen overnight, and now imagine the situation with another coach in the chair. I’d be on vacation somewhere and everyone would be yelling my name ‘It didn’t happen to him!’

“Obviously I’m not a miracle worker. That’s why it’s okay the way it is, because all the problems you have in transition, we have a lot of injuries and that really complicates life. I have no problem with that because I see clearly… I know most of the outside world is only interested in the short term, but we also need to focus on the long term, which is who we are.

“Obviously there are many different ways to do it, but it all depends on the situation you’re in, especially with the things that are happening around Chelsea, with the new owner obviously. Nobody knows exactly how they do it, how they can spend money.” much money.

“Other teams, nobody likes to talk about it… but the transition needs time if you don’t have infinite money, otherwise you can change overnight and bring in 10 players.”

“WHERE SHOULD WE GET” | JURGEN KLOPP ON LIVERPOOL’S PROGRESS

Welcome aboard the Liverpool sport-cast live blog on Wednesdays, where we bring you the latest transfer news, rumors and gossip. Are the Reds now leading the race for Sofyan Amrabat? It’s the latest claim from Italy as Fiorentina struggle to keep their midfield star beyond the end of the season.

Mohamed Salah has struggled for form and goals lately but surely he wouldn’t join Paris Saint-Germain this summer? Reports in Europe suggest this is not out of the question.

If the Reds are looking for a bargain in defence, Inter Milan would be ready to let Milan Skriniar go for a bargain price this month. Clearly sharing a name with his current club isn’t enough to convince the Slovak to sign a new contract. Jurgen Klopp on Liverpool’s ‘transition’ and transfers

Jürgen Klopp has spoken out about Liverpool’s transfer policy and the task ahead of him of rebuilding his squad for the long term

Klopp delved into Chelsea’s recent spending in the transfer market and why Liverpool need to do things differently.

“I’m not saying it’s the biggest challenge, but it is a challenge, and it was one of the main reasons I signed a new contract, because I knew it was necessary,” Klopp said on Mike Calvin’s Football People podcast.

“It’s not going to happen overnight, and now imagine the situation with another coach in the chair. I’d be on vacation somewhere and everyone would be yelling my name ‘It didn’t happen to him!’

“Obviously I’m not a miracle worker. That’s why it’s okay the way it is, because all the problems you have in transition, we have a lot of injuries and that really complicates life. I have no problem with that because I see clearly… I know most of the outside world is only interested in the short term, but we also need to focus on the long term, which is who we are.

“Obviously there are many different ways to do it, but it all depends on the situation you’re in, especially with the things that are happening around Chelsea, with the new owner obviously. Nobody knows exactly how they do it, how they can spend money.” much money.

“Other teams, nobody likes to talk about it… but the transition needs time if you don’t have infinite money, otherwise you can change overnight and bring in 10 players.”

EXCLUSIVE: Liverpool and Man Utd fans send joint ownership applications to government

Liverpool supporters’ union Spirit of Shankly, along with their Manchester United counterparts, have called for stricter governance over who can own football clubs in the UK.

Both Liverpool and their arch-rivals United are currently up for sale, with the Glazer family confirming they are looking for a buyer at Old Trafford just weeks after it was revealed Fenway Sports Group is seeking outside investment or the gains of an outright sale to Anfield.

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Operation Bellingham! Liverpool are still hoping to sign the Dortmund midfielder, but will need more than Gerrard’s attacking charm to make it happen

It’s nice that Jude Bellingham is such a down to earth guy, isn’t it?

Because if he wasn’t, then the attention he’s getting now would be enough to create a 19-year-old with a big ego.

The Borussia Dortmund star clearly has a big decision to make in the coming weeks and months, as top European clubs vie for the signing of him. The phrase ‘hot property’ may have been invented for this gifted and stylish midfielder. Liverpool love him and have made him their number 1 summer target as Jurgen Klopp prepares to overhaul his overdue engine room.

Real Madrid adore him and are ready to build a new team around the Englishman’s skills. Manchester City are keen to reunite him with his old friend Erling Haaland and introduce him to a new playmate in Kevin De Bruyne, while Manchester United and Chelsea have long eyed Bellingham. United’s failure to sign him for Dortmund in 2020 must hurt the Old Trafford hierarchy more each week.

The charm offensives are in full swing. “Operation Bellingham”, brand, called it in October, when the Spanish publication mentioned in a splash on the first page that Real Madrid “was increasingly confident” to win the race.

A few months later, a report in Sport Bild arrived in which it was suggested that Liverpool was actually those in the front of the tail, with “advanced conversations” that took place and Bellingham herself tended to move to Anfield.

Then last weekend The Hattick, with the daily star ranging and revealed that the teenager would rejected the offer of a new contract from Dortmund, and that it was Manchester City that was now in pole position to sign it.

All this suggests, if nothing else, a certain degree of uncertainty about the player’s intention

The information of the lens is that for the moment there was little from Bellingham or his field to suggest that a decision was made, in which the former Birmingham man would like to focus his attention on the rest of this season with Dortmund, that work has in the Bundesliga and has a drawing match of the last 16 for the Champions League against Chelsea on the horizon.

Bellingham certainly did not seem to distribute on Saturday when he returned to the promotion of the club with a bang, the first goal on his part scored and a brilliant and played a leading role in a typical chaotic 4-3 victory over Augsburg in the Signal Iduna Park. You can imagine he would have been very pleased when he checked his reports later, and even more so when he saw clips of one of his heroes, Steven Gerrard, talking about his talents and offering him food and drink in an attempt to make sure he finishes. next season at Anfield.

“I’m a huge fan,” said Gerrard speaking to BT Sport ahead of Liverpool’s goalless draw with Chelsea. “I think the way he presents himself, the way he talks about the game, the performance of him… It impresses me every time.

“Liverpool lack the running number 8 who can get into the box, score a goal for you, who has the power, who has the outlet, who can step aside and really leave someone for dead. Bellingham ticks all of those boxes, so he’s the obvious one.

“I want him! He just has to send me his diary when he has a day off. I’ll fly to Dortmund personally, invite him to dinner and we’ll talk about it!”

Liverpool supporters lapped it, of course, just as they did when Jordan Henderson and Trent Alexander-Arnold completed a double man marking job on Bellingham during the World Cup.

Reports that “productive” talks had taken place between the player and Jurgen Klopp and that Bellingham’s father Mark had been offered a job as Reds scout were similarly well received, although they were quickly sacked by Klopp.

However, Liverpool clearly feel they have a good chance of signing him, even if Real and City seem to see the same thing. There has been no attempt, official or otherwise, to downplay the club’s interest and although links to other potential targets – Matheus Nunes, Teun Koopmeiners, Moises Caicedo – have surfaced recently, the message has been consistent: Bellingham is the one who will really want reds.

However, it takes more than Gerrard’s credit card, Alexander-Arnold’s late-night walks, and Henderson’s brotherly love to get him. They need to pay more money to start than they have ever paid for a player before and make him one of the highest paid players in the Premier League.

The figures in question are likely to top £150m ($184m) when salaries and agent fees are factored in, as Darwin Nunez could potentially exceed that figure if any add-ons are triggered. Apart from the money, but equally important is that Liverpool must convince Bellingham, to really convince him, that Anfield is truly a place where he can reach his ambitions and that can offer what he can do what he can do – the possibility of being the Year by year they compete for the greatest prices and the possibility of becoming one of the best and most controversial football players in the world.

Money aside but equally important, Liverpool need to convince Bellingham, really convince him that Anfield is indeed a place to pursue his ambitions and that they can offer what Real or City can offer – the opportunity, year after year to compete for the biggest prizes and the opportunity to become one of the best and most distinguished footballers in the world.

It might have been easy a year ago when the Reds were flying in the Premier League, winning domestic trophies and en route to a third Champions League final in five seasons. Who wouldn’t have looked at Liverpool with envy back then?

But the struggles of this campaign, both on and off the pitch, mean there are many more doubts and many more questions to be answered.

When looking to sign one of the most sought after players in world football the last thing you want is uncertainty and there is plenty of that at Anfield these days as the club owners seek a total or partial sale and that the sports director resigns. at the end of the season and the team is really threatening to drop out of the Champions League in May. A convincing pitch is therefore needed, along with a huge financial package, with Liverpool banking on Bellingham’s natural intelligence, allowing them to put the problems of the last four or five months behind them and instead look to the potential of the four or next five. months Years.

“Liverpool are in the middle of the league at the moment,” Gerrard summed it up well on Saturday.

“But I’m sure Jude is smart enough to realize there’s a new stand being built here [Anfield Road], it’s going to be a 60,000 seater stadium, they have one of the top five managers in the world, they have when they last won the Premier League, they’ve been in the Champions League final lately, they pay well, they have fabulous players and they’re developing players here.

“So that ticks a lot of boxes, but yes, Liverpool are in the middle of the league at the moment.”

Correcting that last point is of course the primary concern of Klopp, whose attempts to breathe life into his underperforming players are becoming more urgent week by week. The top four aren’t gone yet, but they will if they don’t improve soon. Aside from that, however, Liverpool must hope that the pull of the Bernabeu and Etihad can be resisted, that Klopp’s appeal is now bigger than ever and that Bellingham is grounded, sensible and aware of the wider context as Gerrard suspects. Yup.

If so, they have a real chance of getting what they want.