Liverpool’s potential transfer business is exciting supporters as the Premier League season enters it’s final weeks
Reds fans should not wish those weeks away, with their club in line to pick up a 20th English league title once the curtain closes on the 2024/25 campaign
But while it is set to be a memorable April and May for Liverpool supporters, further excitement could follow in June, July and August.
Having been quiet across the last three transfer windows, Liverpool are set to be busy in the summer of 2025. Plenty of action is anticipated.
One of the areas where Arne Slot could do with dipping into the market to improve the Liverpool squad is in terms of creativity.
RB Leipzig’s Xavi Simons is certainly a player who could help with that and according to journalist David Lynch, he’s one to watch this summer.
Liverpool ‘100 per cent’ interested in Xavi Simons
Attacking midfield may not be the area in most desperate need of improvement at Liverpool this off-season, but it is certainly something that needs looking at.
In that respect, links to Simons have persisted and grown ever louder as the season has developed.
And speaking to Anfield Index, Lynch says that with 21-year-old ‘nailed on’ to leave Leipzig this summer, Liverpool are well and truly in the running to sign him.
“He’s defnitely a player Liverpool like, 100 per cent. He’s on the radar,” says the journalist. “Whether that comes to something this summer depends on competition around him, whether they can fit him into the squad.”
“In attacking midfield there’s Harvey Elliott, Dominik Szoboszlai. Left wing there’s Cody Gakpo, Luis Diaz. So, something’s clearly got to give to make the case for signing him. But if it does – and there’s real possibilities for that to happen – then I’m sure he’ll be high up the list, they definitely like him.
“He looks nailed on to move this summer,” Lynch adds. “In terms of whether Liverpool act on their interest which is definitely there, there’s got to be spots open up in the squad but they really do like him.”
Who could make way for Simons?
As things stand, there does not look to be room at Liverpool for Simons. But as Lynch mentions, that could soon change.
Given their similarities in terms of profile, the player most likely to make way for the Dutchman’s arrival is surely Harvey Elliott.
Elliott has been linked with an exit and it is perhaps telling that Slot has been reluctant to turn to the 22-year-old much at all this season.
Elliott can provide the creative spark that Liverpool have been sorely missing at times under Slot. But with the head coach not trusting him, a straight swap with Simons would probably be a net positive.
For many supporters, it would feel strange to spend the money on Simons when Elliott is already right there. But sometimes the manager just does not fancy you. Maybe that’s what’s happening here