Your Liverpool morning headlines as Romeo Lavia ’embarrassing’ talks explained as Jurgen Klopp hints at transfer plan
Here is your Liverpool morning digest for Thursday, August 10.
Romeo Lavia ’embarrassing’ talks explained as Liverpool given fresh transfer hope
It was third-time unlucky for Liverpool when they saw their latest bid for Romeo Lavia rejected by Southampton.
The Reds’ latest offer was worth an overall £46m, following on from initial bids of £34m plus £4m in add-ons, and an overall £42m package. All three remained short of the Saints’ £50m asking price. While negotiations between the two clubs are ongoing, it has become an unwanted drawn-out transfer saga.
After all, Liverpool remain without a senior holding midfielder, following the unexpected departures of Fabinho and Jordan Henderson to Saudi Arabia. With the start of the Reds’ Premier League season just four days away, the dragged out nature of negotiations is a hot topic
Jurgen Klopp has already added Alexis Mac Allister and Dominik Szoboszlai to his midfield ranks this summer as part of a long-awaited engine-room revamp, but remains without a senior holding midfielder following the unexpected exits of both Jordan Henderson and Fabinho to Saudi Arabia. Consequently, their pursuit of Lavia has become more pressing, with the teenager having already been identified as a long-term replacement for their now departed Brazilian.
Lavia was an unused substitute for Southampton’s Championship opener away at Sheffield Wednesday on Friday night, while he was left out of the Saints’ matchday squad entirely for their shock League Cup first round defeat to Gillingham.
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