Liverpool boss Arne Slot and sporting director Richard Hughes will have a tough summer ahead with multiple players attracting interest from elsewhere, but one player has to be kept at Anfield
Liverpool has left itself with plenty to do this summer, and sporting director Richard Hughes— the man tasked with doing the deals for Arne Slot — is going to be busy.
In addition to Trent Alexander-Arnold, Mohamed Salah and Virgil van Dijk’s contract situations, there are doubts over the futures of players like Darwin Nunez. In terms of incomings, Liverpool would ideally sign a left-back upgrade and a new number nine, plus some better-suited cover for Ryan Gravenberch than Wataru Endo
That already sounds like quite a lot to sort out before you get to what might happen with players whose minutes have been limited (Harvey Elliott and Federico Chiesa, for instance). And there is normally some interest from somewhere that crops up unexpectedly — there are usually a few sliding doors and moving parts
It is for that reason that there should be no thought of losing Jarell Quansah as well as some of those listed above amid interest from Newcastle United. The Magpies, it is understood, were interested in the Liverpool ace last summer but nothing came of that
The Reds were reluctant to lose such a talent and rightly so. A year on, though, The Times says that Newcastle’s interest remains— with Quansah having only featured for a touch over 1000 minutes since (about 40 per cent of what he played in the final year of Jurgen Klopp when he broke into the team
Given Van Dijk is not guaranteed to still be at Anfield next season and Ibrahima Konate is only tied down until 2026 as things stand, Liverpool cannot afford to lose a defender with as high a ceiling as Quansah. Joe Gomez, meanwhile, has been missing since the turn of the year through injury and nearly moved away himself last summer