{"id":217661,"date":"2025-06-27T04:15:22","date_gmt":"2025-06-27T04:15:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/217661\/"},"modified":"2025-06-27T04:15:22","modified_gmt":"2025-06-27T04:15:22","slug":"latest-transfer-news-liverpool-join-viktor-gyokeres-race-and-lionel-messi-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/217661\/","title":{"rendered":"Latest transfer news: Liverpool join Viktor Gyokeres race and Lionel Messi news"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>June 26th\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>                                    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/viktor-gyokeres-sporting-2025-1745806522-166701.jpg\" title=\"Latest transfer news: Liverpool join Viktor Gyokeres race and Lionel Messi news\" alt=\"Latest transfer news: Liverpool join Viktor Gyokeres race and Lionel Messi news\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\n                                       \u00a9IMAGO\n                                    <\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">The summer transfer window is officially open with clubs now able to add new signings to their squad. The biggest clubs in European football and clubs across the continent are already making plans for next season. Teams are working tirelessly behind the scenes on identifying targets and figuring out their budgets.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">Managers will be constantly assessing their squads with sporting directors and recruitment staff scanning the market for potential deals. A plethora of players will become available in the summer where clubs famously have more money to spend and aren&#8217;t as restricted by financial fair play rules. The rumour mill is beginning to pick up pace and we&#8217;ve collated some of the biggest current transfer stories.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\nToday&#8217;s biggest transfer stories\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Livepool have joined the race to sign <a title=\"Viktor Gy\u00f6keres\" href=\"https:\/\/www.transfermarkt.co.uk\/viktor-gy-keres\/profil\/spieler\/325443\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Viktor Gy\u00f6keres<\/a>, according to reports in Portugal. The 27-year-old wants to leave <a title=\"Sporting CP\" href=\"https:\/\/www.transfermarkt.co.uk\/sporting-cp\/startseite\/verein\/336\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sporting CP<\/a>\u00a0this summer but the Portuguese side have yet to receive a formal bid. <a title=\"Manchester United\" href=\"https:\/\/www.transfermarkt.co.uk\/manchester-united\/startseite\/verein\/985\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Manchester United<\/a>\u00a0and <a title=\"Arsenal FC\" href=\"https:\/\/www.transfermarkt.co.uk\/arsenal-fc\/startseite\/verein\/11\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Arsenal<\/a>\u00a0have been strongly linked but <a title=\"Liverpool FC\" href=\"https:\/\/www.transfermarkt.co.uk\/liverpool-fc\/startseite\/verein\/31\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Liverpool<\/a>\u00a0are the latest club to be name dropped in Portugal.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>Al-Hilal have reportedly revived their interest in <a title=\"Lionel Messi\" href=\"https:\/\/www.transfermarkt.co.uk\/lionel-messi\/profil\/spieler\/28003\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Lionel Messi<\/a>, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sport.es\/es\/noticias\/mundial-clubs\/reunion-inminente-hilal-leo-messi-119033828\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sport<\/a>. The 38-year-old&#8217;s contract with <a title=\"Inter Miami CF\" href=\"https:\/\/www.transfermarkt.co.uk\/inter-miami-cf\/startseite\/verein\/69261\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Inter Miami<\/a>\u00a0runs until December and the MLS side want to renew his deal. But it&#8217;s claimed that Al Hilal president Fahd bin Nafel is currently in the United States to discuss a deal with Messi&#8217;s representatives.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\"><a title=\"Juventus FC\" href=\"https:\/\/www.transfermarkt.co.uk\/juventus-fc\/startseite\/verein\/506\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Juventus<\/a>\u00a0remain interested in signing <a title=\"Nicolas Jackson\" href=\"https:\/\/www.transfermarkt.co.uk\/nicolas-jackson\/profil\/spieler\/776890\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Nicolas Jackson<\/a>\u00a0this summer. It&#8217;s understood that <a title=\"Chelsea FC\" href=\"https:\/\/www.transfermarkt.co.uk\/chelsea-fc\/startseite\/verein\/631\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Chelsea<\/a>\u00a0want around \u20ac60m to entertain a sale as they&#8217;d be happy for Jackson to remain at Stamford Bridge next season.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"June 26th\u00a0 \u00a9IMAGO The summer transfer window is officially open with clubs now able to add new signings&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":217662,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8815],"tags":[884,1682,6167,8901,1062,4113,748,6274,8904,8905,393,6537,4884,8883,8903,179,763,8902,886,98,6544,544,8900,201,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-217661","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-liverpool","8":"tag-ac-milan","9":"tag-alejandro-garnacho","10":"tag-arsenal-fc","11":"tag-atletico-de-madrid","12":"tag-bayern-munich","13":"tag-borussia-dortmund","14":"tag-britain","15":"tag-chelsea-fc","16":"tag-darwin-nunez","17":"tag-douglas-luiz","18":"tag-england","19":"tag-fc-barcelona","20":"tag-great-britain","21":"tag-inter-milan","22":"tag-jamie-gittens","23":"tag-liverpool","24":"tag-liverpool-fc","25":"tag-luis-diaz","26":"tag-manchester-city","27":"tag-manchester-united","28":"tag-paris-saint-germain","29":"tag-real-madrid","30":"tag-sunderland-afc","31":"tag-tottenham-hotspur","32":"tag-uk","33":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114753393443807821","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/217661","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=217661"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/217661\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/217662"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=217661"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=217661"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=217661"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}