An exciting summer full of Liverpool transfer news is in store after Arne Slot guided the club to the Premier League title in 2024-25.<\/p>\n
Last time Liverpool<\/a> won the league, they spent more than \u00a370m on strengthening their squad. This time, they have already forked out even more money on new signings, with new record buy Florian Wirtz costing more than that alone. And Liverpool are not done there.<\/p>\n Despite their dominance over the other 19 teams in the Premier League in Slot\u2019s debut season, there are areas of the squad that need refreshing in order to stay at the top of the tree next time out.<\/p>\n After a quiet summer in 2024, as our sources have been predicting since February, a record-breaking window this time around at Anfield is in motion.<\/p>\n Their first summer signing was Jeremie Frimpong, who joined from Bayer Leverkusen for \u00a329.5m as a right-back replacement for Trent Alexander-Arnold. Wirtz has since followed him through the door, so who\u2019s next?<\/p>\n Here, TEAMtalk will have the five players most heavily linked with a move to Liverpool \u2013 whether they go on to make that many more signings or not \u2013 as the summer transfer window progresses.<\/p>\n The evolving list starts with the most likely player to join the club before working its way down, and we\u2019ve given an estimated transfer fee for each player based on reports.<\/p>\n Milos Kerkez<\/strong><\/p>\n Current club:<\/strong> Bournemouth<\/p>\n Age:<\/strong> 21<\/p>\n Position:<\/strong> Left-back<\/p>\n Estimated transfer fee:<\/strong> \u00a340m<\/p>\n While signing a new right-back was a necessity for Liverpool, signing a new left-back could be just as important.<\/p>\n At the peak of his powers, Andy Robertson was half of one of the deadliest combinations of full-backs in world football, along with Alexander-Arnold on the opposite side.<\/p>\n However, Robertson suffered from a decline in form in 2024-25, so Liverpool have been working on signing an upgrade.<\/p>\n There\u2019s no doubt about who the top target is. Richard Hughes signed Milos Kerkez at Bournemouth and, as TEAMtalk has consistently reported since September, now he wants to repeat the trick.<\/p>\n Kerkez will cost a lot more this time around after two years of Premier League experience, but the player himself has given his full approval to a move to Liverpool.<\/p>\n Talks with Bournemouth reached a breakthrough recently, with David Ornstein confirming an agreement has been reached for \u00a340m \u2013 representing a \u00a35m discount on the original asking price.<\/p>\n Kerkez will undergo a medical this week to become Liverpool\u2019s latest signing.<\/p>\n READ MORE<\/strong>:\u00a0Every completed Liverpool transfer in summer 2025: Signings, exits, loans<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n Marc Guehi<\/strong><\/p>\n Current club:<\/strong> Crystal Palace<\/p>\n Age:<\/strong> 24<\/p>\n Position:<\/strong> Centre-back<\/p>\n Estimated transfer fee:<\/strong> \u00a345m<\/p>\n With the full-back areas reinforced, Liverpool are also attentive to opportunities to strengthen and futureproof at centre-back this summer.<\/p>\n Virgil van Dijk has extended his contract<\/a> for another two years, but given his age, Liverpool would like to bring in a long-term successor who can learn from the club captain. Besides, they might need a successor to Ibrahima Konate, who\u2019s approaching the final year of his contract, and will definitely need to replace the depth offered by Jarell Quansah, who\u2019s on his way to Bayer Leverkusen.<\/p>\n Liverpool would have been interested in Dean Huijsen before Real Madrid won the race to sign him from Bournemouth, but will now have to consider other options.<\/p>\n One player with proven Premier League pedigree they are known to admire is Marc Guehi, the current captain of Crystal Palace.<\/p>\n Like Konate, Guehi is out of contract in 2026. Ready for the next step in his career, the former Chelsea academy product will have a few options to choose from.<\/p>\n But sources have told TEAMtalk recently that Liverpool are very close to agreeing personal terms<\/a> with the England international.<\/p>\n Furthermore, Fabrizio Romano has confirmed Liverpool have had Guehi \u2013 who was the subject of bids by Tottenham in February \u2013 on their shortlists for a matter of months.<\/p>\n Hugo Ekitike<\/strong><\/p>\n Current club:<\/strong> Eintracht Frankfurt<\/p>\n Age:<\/strong> 22<\/p>\n Position:<\/strong> Striker<\/p>\n Estimated transfer fee:<\/strong> \u00a384m<\/p>\n After sorting out the defence, the next thing Liverpool could be looking for is a striker upgrade<\/a>.<\/p>\n Darwin Nunez scored only five goals in the 2024-25 Premier League, so you can imagine Slot might be wondering how much more success Liverpool could have if their main striker was capable of getting three or four times that tally.<\/p>\n One attacker Liverpool are focusing firmly on is Eintracht Frankfurt\u2019s Hugo Ekitike, who scored 15 goals in the 2024-25 Bundesliga.<\/p>\n A young striker to invest in, Ekitike might not necessarily be an instant hit either, but he has plenty of upside. There\u2019s competition from elsewhere, such as Chelsea, so Liverpool might need to bid high, but he\u2019s the target they\u2019re most engaged with for the striker role at present.<\/p>\n There\u2019s been no official offer, but Florian Plettenberg \u2013 an expert source on German football \u2013 has confirmed talks have taken place, with Slot\u2019s green light.<\/p>\n Romano has also confirmed Liverpool\u2019s interest in Ekitike and that talks have taken place with his agents.<\/p>\n Alexander Isak<\/strong><\/p>\n Current club:<\/strong> Newcastle United<\/p>\n Age:<\/strong> 25<\/p>\n Position:<\/strong> Striker<\/p>\n Estimated transfer fee:<\/strong> \u00a3150m<\/p>\n Before looking at Ekitike, Isak would have been a dream target for Liverpool, but in terms of the most likely players to join them, he\u2019ll now be further back after Newcastle United qualified for the Champions League to strengthen their chances of keeping him.<\/p>\n Isak is invaluable for Newcastle and they are insistent he\u2019s going nowhere this summer. But recently, whispers about Liverpool\u2019s interest in what would be another record-breaking deal have started to pick up pace again.<\/p>\n Romano has described a move for Isak as \u201ccomplicated, but not impossible\u201d, with other Liverpool-focused sources reiterating that the Reds are not resigned in their pursuit of the Sweden striker.<\/p>\n \u201cThe noise that I\u2019ve got is that they are not done and they will go for a No. 9,\u201d said the\u00a0Daily Mail\u2018s Lewis Steele.<\/p>\n \u201cAs far as we\u2019re aware, his agents, his people, have probably already spoken to Liverpool a number of times, as well as a couple of other clubs as well.<\/p>\n \u201cIt seems very tricky, and I\u2019m not going to say I\u2019ve got a sneaky feeling on it like I did with Florian Wirtz, but the noise is always there.<\/p>\n \u201cIt\u2019s not going away, but there\u2019s nothing to suggest Liverpool are ready to step up their pursuit of him just yet \u2013 or at any point this summer \u2013 but it\u2019s one to maybe pencil in for a later date.\u201d<\/p>\n Jorrel Hato<\/strong><\/p>\n Current club:<\/strong> Ajax<\/p>\n Age:<\/strong> 19<\/p>\n Position:<\/strong> Centre-back\/Left-back<\/p>\n Estimated transfer fee:<\/strong> \u00a342m<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Another defensive option Liverpool have been confirmed as admirers of by experts like Romano is Ajax youngster Jorrel Hato.<\/p>\n Hato actually spent most of the 2024-25 season playing as a left-back, so wouldn\u2019t be as much of a priority once Liverpool bring Kerkez in, but he did develop as a centre-back and Liverpool don\u2019t have any left-footers in that role.<\/p>\n