{"id":341642,"date":"2025-08-13T16:56:18","date_gmt":"2025-08-13T16:56:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/341642\/"},"modified":"2025-08-13T16:56:18","modified_gmt":"2025-08-13T16:56:18","slug":"liverpool-close-in-on-30m-giovanni-leoni-transfer-latest-lfc-news-liverpool-fc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/341642\/","title":{"rendered":"Liverpool close in on \u00a330m Giovanni Leoni transfer – Latest LFC News – Liverpool FC"},"content":{"rendered":"

Liverpool are closing in on a deal for Parma centre-back Giovanni Leoni, while 24 players trained on Wednesday ahead of the Premier League<\/a> opener against Bournemouth<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Today\u2019s Main LFC Headline<\/strong><\/p>\n

Liverpool are moving quickly to wrap up a deal for highly-rated centre-back Giovanni Leoni, with reports on Wednesday suggesting the fee being discussed is between \u00a325 million and \u00a330 million.<\/p>\n

Sky Sports<\/a> state \u201cboth clubs are negotiating the final details,\u201d which suggests the deal could be finalised imminently. <\/p>\n

Journalist Ben Jacobs, who has become a reliable source for transfers this summer, claimed on X<\/a> it could even be finalised in \u201c24 hours or less.\u201d <\/p>\n

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He adds the fee discussed is \u201caround \u00a330m, potentially even slightly under,\u201d which would represent another smart piece of business from the club, who needed depth in the position. <\/p>\n

It is, however, not a case of one or the other when it comes to Leoni and Marc Guehi \u2013 this really is an all-time transfer window, and there\u2019s at least one target left on the board\u2026<\/p>\n

Read more here<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Today\u2019s Liverpool FC News<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"PRESTON,<\/p>\n

\u2022 Joe Gomez<\/a><\/strong> made his return to training<\/a> on Wednesday after nearly three weeks out with an Achilles injury. He was one of 24 players spotted \u2013 still no Conor Bradley<\/a>, but Kostas Tsimikas<\/a> was involved amid transfer interest<\/p>\n

\u2022 Liverpool\u2019s Isaac Mabaya<\/strong> was stretchered off<\/a> in his first start on loan with Wigan on Tuesday, another cruel injury for the youngster <\/p>\n

\u2022 Stefan Bajcetic<\/a><\/strong> is edging closer to a return from a hamstring injury having been spotted at the AXA<\/a> on Wednesday. He was seen working in the indoor gym<\/p>\n

\u2022 Liverpool\u2019s possible Champions League opponents<\/strong> have narrowed<\/a> with one play-off round remaining \u2013 Simon Mignolet<\/a>\u2018s Club Brugge are among the teams vying for the final seven spots<\/p>\n

\u2022 Anthony Taylor<\/strong> will be the referee for Liverpool\u2019s opening game of the season, with Michael Oliver acting as lead VAR \u2013 here\u2019s to another year of referees dominating headlines\u2026<\/p>\n

More from This Is Anfield<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Pre-season has concluded and after six friendlies and the Community Shield, Danny Gallagher<\/strong> takes a look at the best and worst performers of the summer.<\/p>\n

Of course, the primary aim of pre-season isn\u2019t to get a 10 in our ratings, but it\u2019s always interesting to see who made an impression. Who do you think got the highest score?<\/p>\n

READ: Liverpool FC Player Ratings \u2013 Best and worst performers in 2025 pre-season<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Elsewhere in the football world today<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"MANCHESTER,<\/p>\n

\u2022 Bernardo Silva<\/strong> has explained why he did not clap for Liverpool during their guard of honour in 2020, saying \u201cthat\u2019s not how I celebrate defeat\u201d \u2013 it\u2019s just a little thing called respect (The Times<\/a>)<\/p>\n

\u2022 Leeds<\/a> United have reached an agreement in principle to sign Dominic Calvert-Lewin<\/strong> after he left Everton<\/a> as a free agent \u2013 his injury record is as poor as Patrick Bamford\u2019s\u2026(David Ornstein, The Athletic<\/a>) <\/p>\n

\u2022 Marcus Rashford<\/strong> has described Man United<\/a> as being in \u201cno man\u2019s land,\u201d as they don\u2019t stick with one plan \u2013 we don\u2019t mind it in all honesty, Marcus! (Rest is Football Podcast<\/a>)<\/p>\n

\u2022 In case it slipped your mind, the UEFA Super Cup<\/strong> takes place this evening. PSG and Tottenham<\/a> meet in Italy at 8pm (UK). Quite the first opponent in Thomas Frank\u2019s first competitive match!<\/p>\n

Liverpool FC: On this day<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Liverpool's<\/p>\n

On this day in 1978<\/strong>, Liverpool signed Alan Kennedy from Newcastle<\/a> for \u00a3330,000.<\/p>\n

A versatile left-back, he would become arguably the Reds\u2019 greatest-ever and scored the winning goal in two European Cup finals \u2013 who else can claim<\/a> to have done that?!<\/p>\n

The first came in 1981, at the Parc des Princes, as Liverpool beat Real Madrid<\/a> 1-0 thanks to his 82nd-minute strike. <\/p>\n

Three years later, under incredible pressure and surrounded by Roma fans at their own Stadio Olimpico, he stepped up to convert the winning penalty.<\/p>\n

Kennedy would make 359 total appearances for Liverpool, winning 11 major trophies in seven years, before moving on to Sunderland<\/a> in 1985.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Liverpool are closing in on a deal for Parma centre-back Giovanni Leoni, while 24 players trained on Wednesday…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":341643,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8815],"tags":[748,393,4884,179,763,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-341642","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-liverpool","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-england","10":"tag-great-britain","11":"tag-liverpool","12":"tag-liverpool-fc","13":"tag-uk","14":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115022514594623084","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/341642","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=341642"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/341642\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/341643"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=341642"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=341642"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=341642"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}