Liverpool are expected to sign Salford City striker Will Wright in a six-figure deal this summer, with the two clubs in \u201cadvanced talks\u201d over the transfer.<\/b><\/p>\n
Wright was given his Salford City debut last season when, at just 16, he came off the bench in a 3-2 win over Wolves<\/a> in the EFL Trophy.<\/p>\n The striker, who is now 17, went on to make two further appearances in League Two and a cameo in the Greater Manchester side\u2019s 8-0 thrashing at the hands of Man City<\/a> in the FA Cup<\/a>.<\/p>\n According to talkSPORT\u2019s Alex Crook, Liverpool are now \u201cclosing in on<\/a>\u201d a deal for the teenager, with both Crook and transfer journalist Ben Jacobs explaining that he would move for a six-figure fee.<\/p>\n Jacobs writes on X<\/a> that the two sides are in \u201cadvanced talks\u201d and though \u201cseveral Premier League<\/a> clubs are interested\u201d it appears Liverpool have won the race.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n Providing the deal goes through it would follow a trend of elite-potential young talents leaving other English clubs to join the now-champions.<\/p>\n Last summer saw Rio Ngumoha<\/a> make the jump from Chelsea<\/a>\u2018s academy and go on to make his senior debut for Liverpool, while a year before that Trey Nyoni<\/a> and Amara Nallo arrived from Leicester<\/a> and West Ham<\/a> respectively.<\/p>\n Wright\u2019s move would come in slightly different circumstances given Salford City operate in League Two, but he would seemingly forgo an immediate first-team role at the Class of 92-owned club to do so.<\/p>\n He has featured in two of four pre-season friendlies so far, scoring both goals in a 2-2 draw with FC United of Manchester and once to clinch another 2-2 draw with Ashton United.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n Speaking after his brace against FC United, Wright looked ahead to the new season, saying: \u201cI feel great, I\u2019m ready.\u201d<\/p>\n He will be looking to hit the ground running at a new club, though it is almost certain he would begin life at Liverpool within the academy.<\/p>\n While eligible for the U18s, the chances are Wright would be immediately considered for the U21s squad, particularly given the lack of established No. 9s in the group.<\/p>\n Jayden Danns<\/a> could stay with Arne Slot<\/a>\u2018s first team and Lewis Koumas<\/a> will likely go out on loan again, while there are doubts over the futures of Oakley Cannonier, Ranel Young and Keyrol Figueroa.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Liverpool are expected to sign Salford City striker Will Wright in a six-figure deal this summer, with the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":266514,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[763,79,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-266513","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-sports","8":"tag-liverpool-fc","9":"tag-sports","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114862754780637463","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/266513","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=266513"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/266513\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/266514"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=266513"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=266513"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=266513"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}