{"id":373157,"date":"2025-08-25T20:09:10","date_gmt":"2025-08-25T20:09:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/373157\/"},"modified":"2025-08-25T20:09:10","modified_gmt":"2025-08-25T20:09:10","slug":"fabrizio-romano-confirms-liverpool-defender-wants-to-leave","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/373157\/","title":{"rendered":"Fabrizio Romano confirms Liverpool defender wants to leave"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#13;<br \/>\n                Image Credits: Imago Images            <\/p>\n<p data-start=\"155\" data-end=\"483\">Alexander Isak remains linked with a move to Liverpool after the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.daveockop.com\/latest-news\/newcastle-reject-formal-bid-from-liverpool-for-alexander-isak\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Reds had a \u00a3110m bid rejected by Newcastle. <\/a><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"155\" data-end=\"483\">The 25-year-old accused the Magpies <a href=\"https:\/\/www.daveockop.com\/latest-news\/alexander-isak-releases-statement-on-future\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">of \u2018broken promises\u2019 on social media,<\/a> expressing a desire to leave, while <a href=\"https:\/\/www.daveockop.com\/latest-news\/newcastle-release-statement-after-alexander-isak-social-media-post\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Newcastle responded, leaving the door open for his return. <\/a><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"155\" data-end=\"483\">Meanwhile, Harvey Elliott and Kostas Tsimikas face potential exits, and Ibrahima Konate\u2019s future is uncertain as he enters the final year of his contract.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"155\" data-end=\"483\">Tsimikas has long served as Liverpool\u2019s backup left-back behind Andy Robertson, but with the arrival of Milos Kerkez this summer, the Greek international has slipped to third choice at Anfield.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"155\" data-end=\"483\">Now 29, Tsimikas appears to be nearing the end of his time on Merseyside, though his next destination is not yet confirmed.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"485\" data-end=\"714\">He joined Liverpool from Olympiacos in 2020. Since then, he has racked up 115 appearances for the Reds and collected a Premier League title, an FA Cup, and two Carabao Cups.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"716\" data-end=\"914\">Tsimikas is under contract with the Reds until 2027 but is attracting interest from multiple clubs, including Serie A giants Roma, who are in talks with Liverpool over a potential deal.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"916\" data-end=\"1087\">Earlier this summer, Nottingham Forest were interested in signing Tsimikas.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"916\" data-end=\"1087\">Tsimikas featured regularly in pre-season, sometimes as an auxiliary centre-back, but has been omitted from the matchday squad in both of Liverpool\u2019s first two games this season.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1089\" data-end=\"1261\">Providing the latest update on Roma\u2019s pursuit of the defender, transfer expert Fabrizio Romano\u00a0posted on <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/fabrizioromano\/status\/1960020537142542374?s=46\">X<\/a>: \u201cAS Roma have approached Liverpool today for Kostas Tsimikas to join on initial loan deal.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTsimikas wants the move but no green light to the formula yet as #LFC insist on permanent exit.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere are two more clubs in the race for the Greek LB.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read more:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.daveockop.com\/transfer-news\/bayern-munich-agree-personal-terms-with-newcastle-united-target\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bayern Munich agree personal terms with Newcastle United target<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.daveockop.com\/transfer-news\/newcastle-united-latest-transfer-stance-on-alexander-isak-revealed\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Newcastle United latest transfer stance on Alexander Isak revealed<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.daveockop.com\/latest-news\/newcastle-chairman-makes-decision-ahead-of-liverpool-clash\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Newcastle chairman makes decision ahead of Liverpool clash<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Want to get the latest Liverpool news direct to your phone? Join our WhatsApp community by <a href=\"https:\/\/whatsapp.com\/channel\/0029VaXUMEN3gvWctrNm2b0W\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">clicking here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#13; Image Credits: Imago Images Alexander Isak remains linked with a move to Liverpool after the Reds had&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":373158,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4100],"tags":[84589,20110,94,45079,79,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-373157","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-football","8":"tag-as-roma","9":"tag-fabrizio-romano","10":"tag-football","11":"tag-kostas-tsimikas","12":"tag-sports","13":"tag-uk","14":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115091221201913004","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/373157","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=373157"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/373157\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/373158"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=373157"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=373157"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=373157"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}