{"id":368664,"date":"2025-08-24T02:08:21","date_gmt":"2025-08-24T02:08:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/368664\/"},"modified":"2025-08-24T02:08:21","modified_gmt":"2025-08-24T02:08:21","slug":"potential-for-liverpool-deal-with-salah-alissons-former-club-contact-made","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/368664\/","title":{"rendered":"Potential for Liverpool deal with Salah, Alisson\u2019s former club, contact made"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>It has been a summer of upheaval at Anfield, with Liverpool very active in the transfer market.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Reds are hoping to retain their <a href=\"https:\/\/tbrfootball.com\/topic\/english-premier-league\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Premier League<\/a> title and <a href=\"https:\/\/tbrfootball.com\/florian-wirtz-says-35m-liverpool-player-is-the-toughest-opponent-hes-faced-in-his-entire-career\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Liverpool have signed Florian Wirtz<\/a>, Hugo Ekitike and a host of other new players in an attempt to improve Arne Slot\u2019s squad.<\/p>\n<p>Despite attacking reinforcements on Merseyside perhaps getting most of the attention, <a href=\"https:\/\/tbrfootball.com\/another-one-of-the-best-players-in-the-world-set-to-join-liverpool-as-florian-wirtz-medical-date-revealed\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Liverpool signing Milos Kerkez<\/a> from Bournemouth could well turn out to be one of the shrewdest moves of the transfer window.<\/p>\n<p>However, the Hungary international\u2019s arrival at Anfield could well mark the end of a <a href=\"https:\/\/tbrfootball.com\/topic\/liverpool\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Liverpool<\/a> player\u2019s time with the club after five years.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-2227840037-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Arne Slot before a friendly between Liverpool and Yokohama F Marinos\" class=\"wp-image-971052\" \/>Photo by Hiroki Watanabe\/Getty ImagesRoma make approach for Kostas Tsimikas<\/p>\n<p>Kostas Tsimikas has been an able back-up for Liverpool since signing for the club from Olympiakos in 2020, competing with Andrew Robertson for the left-back position.<\/p>\n<p>However, <a href=\"https:\/\/gianlucadimarzio.com\/roma-tsimikas-liverpool-calciomercato-news-23-agosto-2025\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Gianluca Di Marzio<\/a> suggests the Greece international is in demand, with Italian side Roma making contact with the Reds over a potential loan deal.<\/p>\n<p>The 29-year-old has fallen to third-choice left-back at Liverpool following the arrival of Kerkez and will be considering his options given that first-team football is set to be in short supply.<\/p>\n<p>The report states a deal isn\u2019t easy and a decision will be made next week.<\/p>\n<p>Liverpool and Roma have a history of conducting business, with the English side signing Mo Salah and Alisson from the Italian capital city outfit.<\/p>\n<p>Time for Liverpool to offload Tsimikas<\/p>\n<p>Liverpool\u2019s options at left-back look much stronger this season than they have been in some time, with a reliance on Robertson in recent years.<\/p>\n<p>Tsimikas has been a solid deputy when called upon but the drop in quality between him and the Scotland international has been noticeable.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"676\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/GettyImages-2008023485-1024x676.jpg\" alt=\"Liverpool Training Session\" class=\"wp-image-770057\" \/>Photo by Andrew Powell\/Liverpool FC via Getty Images<\/p>\n<p>With Robertson set to bring experience and a will to win when called upon, and Kerkez adding real quality, it looks as though Tsimikas\u2019 time at Liverpool is coming to an end.<\/p>\n<p>For the Reds, a loan deal doesn\u2019t make much sense, other than having the ability to recall the Greek defender if one of the pair ahead of him gets injured.<\/p>\n<p>A permanent deal away from Anfield, generating more revenue from the sale of a fringe player, makes more sense for Liverpool \u2013 with Tsimikas\u2019 future increasingly looking set to be away from Merseyside.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It has been a summer of upheaval at Anfield, with Liverpool very active in the transfer market. 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