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Liverpool in talks to sign Milos Kerkez

Liverpool have made Milos Kerkez the club's top target and have now begun talks to sign him.

Anfield Watch understands the club have now asked for permission from Bournemouth to enter preliminary talks with the Hungarian full-back.

It is understood Kerkez is content at Bournemouth but would be very open to a move away to a top club should the opportunity arise.

Manchester United had wanted to sign him last summer but could not afford the £40m demanded by Bournemouth at the time.

This news has now been confirmed by M4 Sport, one of Hungary's most reliable outlets, who have corroborated Anfield Watch's exclusive that talks have begun for Kerkez.

Barcelona winger EMERGES as Liverpool's preferred Mo Salah successor

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Liverpool are facing a triple contract blow in the summer of 2025 with Mohamed Salah, Virgil van Dijk and Trent Alexander-Arnold.

Salah is expected to be subject of transfer interest from Al-Hilal in Saudi Arabia while there may be options available to him in Europe in the shape of Paris Saint-Germain, Juventus and Barcelona.

And should the Reds end up losing Salah then his replacement could end coming from Camp Nou.

Inter open talks with Liverpool winger Federico Chiesa

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Liverpool only signed ONE player for the first team last summer with Federico Chiesa arriving from Juventus.

The 27-year-old Italy winger was signed for a knock-down fee, which could reach £12 million, as Juve sought a solution to get his salary off the books.

However, things haven't gone to plan at Anfield for Chiesa, whose injury problems have persisted since he joined - and now he may be on his way back to Italy.

Club owner opens door for 'EXCEPTIONAL' playmaker to join Liverpool

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Lyon were handed a provisional RELEGATION to Ligue 2 on Friday by the French football watchdog - the DNCG - as a result of financial mismanagement under owner John Textor.

The storied Ligue 1 side were also BANNED from making any transfers in the upcoming January window with their current debt standing at over €500m.

And now Liverpool could look to capitalise on their downfall after Lyon's owner opened the door to a January exit for one of their best players.

Liverpool star faces HUGE transfer dilemma

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If it wasn’t for a couple of unfortunate injuries, Liverpool’s Stefan Bajcetic could be a regular in Arne Slot’s first-team squad and competing for Ryan Gravenberch’s place at the base of the midfield.

The 20-year-old Spaniard was flying high in Jurgen Klopp’s side in 2023, but an adductor injury suffered in March of that year saw him miss the rest of the season.

He's now out on loan at Red Bull Salzburg, and is facing a big decision come the end of the season about his future in Austria.

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If there are any Boston Red Sox fans who also support Liverpool they might be feeling a real sense of deja vu at the moment.

Liverpool are heading towards a potential contractual crisis with Mohamed Salah, Virgil van Dijk and Trent Alexander-Arnold all heading towards running down their contracts at the end of the season.

And it looks like FSG might be about to repeat one of their biggest errors as Red Sox owners.

FSG risk 'FAN RIOT' over lack of big signings as pressure MOUNTS

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Liverpool Football Club is just one of the assets owned by Fenway Sports Group.

They also own the Boston Red Sox, an American baseball franchise. Initially, things went well for the Red Sox under FSG. Things haven't been quite as fruitful over recent years though, and there are some parallels between how they run the baseball team and how they're running the Reds.

To get a better insight into this, and what Liverpool fans might be able to expect over the next few years, we spoke to the Boston Strong account. Their answers gave us an illuminating insight as to how FSG is viewed by Red Sox fans.

Richard Hughes' GENIUS Liverpool transfer decision proved by INCREDIBLE moment

When the deal for Mamardashvili was announced in the summer it was confirmed that he would spend one more season at Valencia, the club the Reds are signing him from, before making the move to Anfield.

This is in part due to Liverpool’s stacked goalkeeping department but will also give the 24-year-old more chance of playing time.

This now looks like an excellent bit of business from Richard Hughes as Mamardashvili has maintained the extremely high level he showed in last summer's Euros.

Mamardashvili once again showed Reds what they have to look forward to when he produced an extraordinary double save in added time to keep his Georgia side in their UEFA Nations League game against Ukraine on Saturday night.