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Daily Liverpool - Trent deal done? Kerkez and Huijsen imminent?
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The international break continues and Jesse Sarwar looks at the big transfer speculation around the club.
Is Trent deal done? Is Kerkez and Huijsen on their way from Bournemouth?
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Liverpool FC Transfer Rumors
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Hello and welcome to the Daily Liverpool podcast brought to you by the Global Sports Podcast Network. It's Tuesday the 25th of March.
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It's no football courtesy of the final international break of the season. So just a quick update for you today. There's quite a bit of news swirling around the Reds.
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Lots of rumours around players, both potential arrivals and departures. So let's start with the big one, Trent Alexander-Arnold. Reports in Spain suggest that Trent has, quote, made up his mind, according to Marker, and that the Bernabeu is his destination.
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No surprise now for most Liverpool supporters. I think that we're all pretty much resigned to the fact that Trent Alexander-Arnold is going to leave at the end of the season.
Trent Alexander-Arnold's Potential Departure
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Now, Mark have also reported that so FSG did make a last ditch attempt at the weekend, offering a new contract to their vice captain, and it was rejected.
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Now that means that 99 days until he is out of contract. And it just it just feels now that it's inevitable. And i think although Marker is...
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Widely seen as a as a Real Madrid mouthpiece. I think it's pretty clear that Trent Alexander-Arnold is not going to sign a new contract.
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Apparently, attention now at the club as has turned to how they will announce the departure. of the club's vice-captain and our most prominent, probably our best homegrown player to emerge from the academy probably since since Stephen Gerrard. So that's it. It looks like it's it's over. Obviously, no official announcement.
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And Trent is not likely to make any official announcement, not until the Premier League title is confirmed, which means that... If and when we do win the title, and let's face it, we should win the title, those end of season title celebrations will be where Trent waves his goodbye to Anfield and to Liverpool Football Club.
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Now, the knock-on effect of Trent moving to Real Madrid is may offer Reds fans something of a sweetener because reports in both Germany and Spain are saying that Real Madrid have now abandoned their pursuit of Bayer Leverkusen's right back or right wing back Jeremy Frimpong.
Jeremy Frimpong's Prospective Arrival
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The 24-year-old Dutch international is now apparently odds-on favourite to join Liverpool to replace Trent Alexander-Arnold and to you know join up with Arnie Slott, his compatriot.
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Now, Frimpong has been absolutely outstanding at Leverkusen. He was a pivotal part of that title-winning team in Germany under Xabi Alonso.
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And I think he'd make a great addition to our squad and to that right-back spot with Conor Bradley. I do think that it means that Conor Bradley...
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Well, you know, he's going to get stiff competition now for that place, which won't do him any harm. But he he must be thinking, wow, I've i've seen of Trent Alexander-Arnold and now Jeremy Frimpong is at the club. But look, if you're going to play for a top club, then you've got to expect stiff competition here.
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for any position that you play in and I just think it will make Connor Bradley an even better player and I do think that it would bolster that right back position it would mean a different approach for Liverpool down that right flank maybe be more direct using Fringpong's pace which He does have phenomenal pace, which is different to Trent. Trent is not known for his pace.
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Trent's known for his passing ability, his eye for that pass, which is is the best in the world. And and that's why Real Madrid have gone for him.
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But yeah, could it could mean slightly different Liverpool down that right flank. Whether that includes Mo Salah at the top end of that right flank remains to be seen, but it would mean, i think, a more direct approach from Liverpool down that right-hand side.
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you know, as opposed to a fullback inverting into midfield. Obviously, we'd lose Trent's eye for a pass, those through boards and his relationship with Mohamed Salah down that right-hand side.
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But, so you know, that it's an end of an era if if Trent does move on, but possibly the start of a new one.
Canate's Speculated Move
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Now, if it wasn't bad enough that one of our first choice defenders is being snapped up for free by Real Madrid.
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Again, if reports in Spain are to be believed, Madrid are now hovering over Ibrahima Canate and his contract situation as well. I mean, what is wrong with Real Madrid?
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It's like a billionaire hanging outside, hanging around like a pound shop. They've got enough money to buy him. But Ibrahima Kanate's contract expires in 2026.
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twenty twenty six Liverpool have tabled contract offer to Kanate and his camp. And he did say, I think it was back in January or February, he did confirm that a contract...
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offer had been tabled by Liverpool and when he was asked are you going to sign it he said well that's a different discussion which would suggest that he's probably not happy with that contract whether that is in terms of finances whether it's in terms of the length of the contract, my guest my guess would be the the money. It's got to be the finances. You know, Conate is he's not in his 30s. He's in the prime of his of his career. i think he's 25, 26. So I don't think that Liverpool would be cutting back in terms of...
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the length of a contract. I think that they wouldn't have a problem offering him a three or four year deal. But it it would appear that the money is an issue and not to Canate's liking.
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Now, Real Madrid obviously have had injury problems in defence in the last 12, 18 months. Carvajal and Militao, Carvajal right back, Militao centre back, both having seasons wrecked by ACL injuries.
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Obviously, Trent would go in to replace Carvajal. and Canate obviously is seen as a an ideal partner for Antonio Rudiger in the heart of that Real Madrid defence, and it would make sense. I mean, apart from those two being real kind of Just physical monsters in in the heart of that defence.
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Neither of those take any prisoners and it would be very, very tough to get through that centre-back pairing. But, you know, if they get realm if they get to Trent Alexander-Arnold as well, they've got the benefit of...
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Two defenders knowing each other, knowing their game inside out, having played together for three, four, four years on that right side of Liverpool's defence.
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It's going to mean that Liverpool will have a decision to make this summer. If Canate's contract expires in 2026, can we really afford to lose another top player, another club asset for nothing?
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I mean, Trent Alexander-Arnold. I mean, yeah, look, we didn't, he didn't cost us anything. He came through the academy. So i guess we're not, you know, we're not losing anything as such, but we could have got a fee for him. And I would say that he's a player that would command a fee.
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I would say close to a hundred million pounds. If he was tied down to a contract, Conate may, may not be in that category, but I would certainly put him in the sixty to £70m category if Real Madrid were to come calling and he had two or three, four years left on his contract.
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And can we really afford for another top player to leave you know without without getting anything for
Liverpool's Contract Challenges
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him? And so it could be that Canate...
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could be up for sale at the end of the season if the club, if FSG get an inkling that come what may, Canate not going to accept a contract.
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And i think we've we know we've got we've got to ask questions as to why this is happening. Why is it that these contracts are not being signed? Is it because Liverpool aren't paying the wages?
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Or is it because the player has just made up his mind that come what may, he's going to leave for Real Madrid? And it it could just be that. It could be the latter. It could be that Liverpool are getting all this flack, that the sporting director is getting all this flack for not tying these players down.
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But it could be that these players... have just decided it's time to go and that Real Madrid is, you know, it's it's a club they'd like to play for. It's a you know, it's it's a new venture.
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But we will see, we'll see what Liverpool do in the summer. I did say in yesterday's podcast that this is, it's gearing up to be a huge, huge summer for Liverpool.
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and it could mean a lot of players in and a lot of players out.
Potential New Recruits for Liverpool
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So let's talk about something a little bit more positive, and that's players coming in.
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Lots of news surrounding Bournemouth players. Maybe no surprise, bearing in mind that Liverpool's sporting director, Richard Hughes, yeah he was at Bournemouth previously,
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And it looks like he's maybe trying to turn the cherries into Liverpool's feeder club. If if these rumours are to be to be believed, Milos Kerkhez, again, we mentioned in yesterday's episode report servicing that Liverpool are expected to move for the 21 year old Hungarian international left back for around 30 million pounds.
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Now, I think that at £30 million, 21 years old, he's an international, he's got experience in the Premier League. I think that that would, for me, it would represent a bargain.
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I think that would be an excellent price to get Kerkis in at. I think that he's a really good player. i think he's had a very good season at Bournemouth. and he's one of those players that I think he's very much in the Andy Robertson mould. He's you know up and down that left wing.
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He's strong in the tackle. He's he's very offensively minded. And i would almost i would say that his's his deliveries this season into the box I think might even be an upgrade on Robertson.
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So i would I would say that that's a really, really good player to go for. And if Liverpool can get him at £30 million, pounds I think that that is a great bit of business if Liverpool can pull that off. And I think he's he's an FSG signing at that age, that profile.
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you know I think that he's a player that I think Liverpool will target and will do well to get him in. Now, in addition to that, Liverpool are also closely linked to 19-year-old Dutchman centre-back Dean Hoosen, again, who's impressed for Bournemouth this season.
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like Once again, he's going to fit the bill for the sporting director, the the recruitment team for FSG as a whole. He's young, he's got a high ceiling for development,
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He's Dutch. It would make a very healthy Dutch contingent if we get Hooson, if we get Frimpong. We've got Gravenberg. Hopefully Van Dijk stays. And then there's Arnie Slott as the Dutch manager.
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So a real kind of Dutch connection building if Liverpool bring those two players in as well. Apparently valued at £50 million, pounds which...
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I think it's a bit high for Hooson at 19 years old. But again, I do see FSG paying that simply because I just think that they'll see, I so i think that they'll see 50 million pounds as a good investment with his age profile.
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He's already got Premier League experience as well. So those are the rumours. doing the rounds for Liverpool.
Future Podcast Focus and Engagement
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We are this week looking and assessing the red squad. We looked at the defence in yesterday's episode and we're continuing that for the rest of this week.
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On Wednesday, tomorrow, we'll be looking at the midfield and to round off the week on Friday, we'll be assessing Liverpool's forward options And seeing which players could come, which players could leave and, you know, the contract situation for all of those players.
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But that's all for today. Don't forget to follow us on your preferred podcast flat platform so that you get the very latest content when it drops. Follow us on social media at GSPN Liverpool.
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You can email us at gspndailyliverpool at gmail.com. Join us again on Wednesday. As said, we're continuing our assessment live of Liverpool squad. This time we're looking at midfield, possible transfers in and out. Until next time, thank you for listening.