{"id":399759,"date":"2025-09-05T10:44:10","date_gmt":"2025-09-05T10:44:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/399759\/"},"modified":"2025-09-05T10:44:10","modified_gmt":"2025-09-05T10:44:10","slug":"total-agreement-for-52m-signing-struck-to-replace-top-star-most-probably-leaving","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/399759\/","title":{"rendered":"Total agreement for \u00a352m signing struck to replace top star &#8216;most probably leaving&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>According to reports, Liverpool already have a total agreement for a \u00a352m signing as they look to replace one of their most important players.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/liverpool\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Liverpool<\/strong> <\/a>were very active in this summer\u2019s transfer window as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/news\/biggest-summer-spenders-2025-transfer-window-football\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>they were far ahead as the biggest spending club in Europe, investing around \u00a3415m on incomings.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Alexander Isak, Florian Wirtz and Hugo Ekitike were Liverpool\u2019s three most expensive signings, with the club\u2019s budget boosted by the sales of Jarell Quansah, Luis Diaz, Darwin Nunez and Harvey Elliott.<\/p>\n<p>This makes for a near-perfect summer window, though their failure to land Crystal Palace captain Marc Guehi on deadline day leaves the centre-back department as a weak spot in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/tag\/arne-slot\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Arne Slot<\/strong><\/a>\u2018s side.<\/p>\n<p>Liverpool signed teenager Giovanni Leoni in the summer, though they will be short on options if Virgil van Dijk, Ibrahima Konate and\/or Joe Gomez get injured.<\/p>\n<p><strong>READ:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/news\/feature-pl-sextet-reassigned-turkish-super-lig-liverpool-man-utd-chelsea-spurs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">PL sextet reassigned to Turkish Super Lig as Liverpool, Man Utd, Chelsea, Spurs stars *finally* leave<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Reds also have looming problems regarding these players, with Konate in the final year of his contract and heavily linked with a potential move to Real Madrid in 2026.<\/p>\n<p>Van Dijk, meanwhile, is out of contract in 2027 after penning an extension earlier this year, with The Daily Mail reporter Lewis Steele pointing out that they \u2018need more centre-backs in the coming windows\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>One option for Liverpool is to re-sign Quansah from Bayer Leverkusen after selling the young centre-back to the Bundesliga side for around \u00a335m in the summer.<\/p>\n<p>Quansah enjoyed a great breakout campaign in Jurgen Klopp\u2019s last season at Anfield, though his form dipped last season as Liverpool chiefs decided to cash in.<\/p>\n<p>However, Liverpool have covered themselves by inserting a 60 million euro (\u00a352m) buy-back clause in the deal with Bayer Leverkusen and this can be sanctioned from 2027 onwards.<\/p>\n<p><strong>MORE LIVERPOOL COVERAGE ON F365\u2026<br \/>\ud83d\udc49\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/news\/liverpool-only-clause-sign-aston-villa-star-early-january-revealed-next-big-money-target\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Liverpool \u2018only clause\u2019 to sign Villa star \u2018as early as January\u2019 revealed; next \u2018big-money target lined up\u2019<\/a><br \/>\ud83d\udc49\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/news\/feature-ranking-premier-league-back-up-goalkeepers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Premier League back-up goalkeepers ranked: Kepa over Onana, Liverpool man comfortably top<\/a><br \/>\ud83d\udc49\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.football365.com\/news\/mailbox-pif-humiliated-newcastle-liverpool-isak-transfer-saga\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Newcastle owners helped \u2018humiliate\u2019 them in Liverpool, Alexander Isak transfer saga<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Now, Steele has also revealed that the \u2018terms of a future contract\u2019 are also in place between Liverpool and Quansah.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Jarell Quansah. It can be revealed that Liverpool have a pre-existing agreement in place with Quansah over the terms of a future contract should they decide to use their buyback clause that was inserted when he was sold to Bayer Leverkusen for \u00a335m this summer,\u2019 <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/football\/article-15065297\/Liverpool-Confidential-transfers-Isak-Guehi-target-Konate.html\" target=\"_blank\">Steele wrote for The Daily Mail.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2018They like him a lot, as they do Harvey Elliott and Ben Doak, and only sold him because it seemed like good money and the Englishman wanted to play every week \u2013 something Slot could not promise him here.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018But with Van Dijk most probably leaving in two years, Konate unsure about his future (more on that in a second) and Gomez very nearly departing two summers running, they will need more centre backs in the coming windows.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018It is by no means set in stone but Quansah could be an option to return.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Regarding Konate, Steele has indicated that he is not intentionally running down his contract, though his situation is a \u2018worry for Liverpool\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Not necessarily but it is fair to say Konate\u2019s future hangs in the balance at the time of writing,\u2019 Steele added.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018It was November when Richard Hughes first opened talks with Konate\u2019s representatives and, 10 months on, we are no closer to a resolution.<br \/>Confidential understands Liverpool remain in talks with Konate\u2019s camp and want to wrap up a deal to ensure a position of strength for the future.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018But there is nothing more to say than that: it is not signed yet and there has been no definite indication either way on the direction of travel. But it is a worry for Liverpool especially after the long-running sagas over contracts last year.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018With respect to Konate, he is not as high-profile as Salah or Van Dijk but it would still be a huge blow to lose him for nothing. Real Madrid\u2019s interest is real.\u2019<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"According to reports, Liverpool already have a total agreement for a \u00a352m signing as they look to replace&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":399760,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8815],"tags":[3018,748,393,4884,225,53169,179,12,101,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-399759","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-liverpool","8":"tag-bayer-leverkusen","9":"tag-britain","10":"tag-england","11":"tag-great-britain","12":"tag-home-page","13":"tag-jarell-quansah","14":"tag-liverpool","15":"tag-news","16":"tag-premier-league","17":"tag-uk","18":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115151284875570129","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/399759","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=399759"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/399759\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/399760"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=399759"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=399759"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=399759"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}