Loan move "likely" for injury-hit Liverpool striker | OneFootball

Liverpool are hoping to add a senior option at No9 this summer.

The likes of Alexander Isak, Hugo Ekitike, Joao Pedro and Jonathan David have been extensively linked with an Anfield move.

Aside from David, who is out of contract, none of the rest on the list is going to come cheap. Prices as high as £150m have been quoted in relation to Isak, while Ekitike and Joao Pedro could fetch £100m each.

In order to make room in the squad - and the budget - a certain number of outgoings will be required.

Sporting director Richard Hughes is no doubt hard at work trying to find buyers for Diogo Jota and Darwin Nunez - both of whom are expected to leave Anfield this summer.

Jota, 28, is out of contract in only two years and this could be Liverpool’s best chance to cash in on the injury-prone forward.

Nunez, meanwhile, could have been sold in January but no suitors met Liverpool’s reported asking price of £75m. It could be a different story in summer with Hughes and Co. ready to accept bids for the Uruguay international.

And should Arne Slot add to the ranks then it could mean uncertainty for another one of the Reds’ strikers.

Jayden Dann's unfortunate season

Jayden Danns has been in and around the first-team picture under Slot and predecessor Jurgen Klopp - playing in four competitions for the Dutchman this season.

He was injured last summer - preventing a Championship loan - but managed a loan move to Sunderland at the end of the January window.

Unfortunately for the 19-year-old he didn’t kick a ball for the Black Cats, who are on the brink of Premier League promotion.

A back injury was discovered in his medical and he has spent more time at the AXA Training Centre working on his rehab than at the Stadium of Light.

Having secured a long-term deal before his loan move, Liverpool are betting big on the homegrown prospect and are not going to sanction a permanent move in summer.

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Jayden Danns will move on loan

That’s according to Lewis Steele in the Daily Mail, who says that another loan move is on the cards for the injury-hit frontman.

“Danns, 19, is regularly spotted reporting for duty at the AXA Training Centre and is working hard on his rehabilitation,” he wrote.

“He will hope to play a part in the pre-season tour of Hong Kong and Japan this summer – but a loan seems likely next season.”

Several contending clubs could come forward for Danns, who had plenty of Championship interest before a deal with Sunderland was agreed. It might even be Hollywood-led Wrexham, who are now in the second tier and who had plans to sign Danns last season.