{"id":562781,"date":"2025-11-11T03:53:41","date_gmt":"2025-11-11T03:53:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/562781\/"},"modified":"2025-11-11T03:53:41","modified_gmt":"2025-11-11T03:53:41","slug":"liverpool-transfer-news-reds-to-respond-to-concerns-over-losing-star-to-champions-league-contenders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/562781\/","title":{"rendered":"Liverpool transfer news: Reds &#8216;to respond&#8217; to concerns over losing star to Champions League contenders"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Liverpool recognise the urgency of a key player&#8217;s future due to his lower salary and rumoured interest from Real Madrid and Manchester City.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportsmole.co.uk\/football\/liverpool\/\" title=\"More Liverpool\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong class=\"autotag\">Liverpool<\/strong><\/a>\u2019s\u00a0poor start to the season reportedly faces another setback amid rumours of transfer interest in one of their key players.<\/p>\n<p>Arne\u00a0Slot\u2019s\u00a0team experienced further disappointment on Sunday, losing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportsmole.co.uk\/football\/man-city\/title-race\/result\/peps-party-at-1000-doku-dazzles-as-man-city-sink-sorry-liverpool-to-send-arsenal-pl-title-message_585442.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>3-0 away to Manchester City<\/strong><\/a>, leaving the Reds in eighth position in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportsmole.co.uk\/football\/premier-league\/table.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>table<\/strong><\/a> after 11 gameweeks.<\/p>\n<p>With league football not returning for another fortnight, the defending Premier League champions must recover during the break before hosting Nottingham Forest.<\/p>\n<p>However, they are reportedly preparing a contract offer for a star player amid interest from Europe and domestically.<\/p>\n<p>Liverpool\u00a0reportedly &#8216;preparing&#8217; contract\u00a0offer to\u00a0key\u00a0midfielder to ward off\u00a0suitors<\/p>\n<p class=\"imgI\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Liverpool's Dominik Szoboszlai pictured on August 31, 2025\" class=\"vanilla-lazyload article-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/https:\/\/sportsmole-media-prod.s3.gra.io.cloud.ovh.net\/uploads\/2025\/08\/imago1065862388-1-68b494ef330e.webp\"\/><\/p>\n<p>According to <a href=\"https:\/\/as.com\/futbol\/primera\/mercado-de-fichajes-en-directo-ultima-hora-de-real-madrid-barcelona-atletico-y-futbol-internacional--f202511-d-2\/?noti=mercado_mod_port\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">AS<\/a>, Dominik\u00a0Szoboszlai\u2019s\u00a0future could be a concern for the Merseyside giants, with two clubs rumoured to be monitoring the\u00a0Hungarian\u2019s\u00a0situation at Anfield.<\/p>\n<p>Szoboszlai joined the Reds in the summer\u00a0of 2023\u00a0in a deal worth \u00a360m from RB Leipzig, signing a five-year contract that could see him stay at the club until 2028.<\/p>\n<p>The 25-year-old has since appeared 110 times across all competitions, scoring 17 goals from advanced midfield, central midfield and, recently, right-back.<\/p>\n<p>However, the source suggests that\u00a0his modest \u00a3 120,000-per-week salary could easily be surpassed\u00a0elsewhere.<\/p>\n<p>That possibility is allegedly being watched by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportsmole.co.uk\/football\/real-madrid\/\" title=\"More Real Madrid\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong class=\"autotag\">Real Madrid<\/strong><\/a> and Man City,\u00a0Liverpool&#8217;s\u00a0rivals for honours in the Premier League and Champions League.<\/p>\n<p>The report further states that the prospect of losing the Hungary international to either club or others will prompt Liverpool to begin talks over a potential new deal.<\/p>\n<p>A salary increase and an extension of two more years, possibly keeping him at Anfield until 2030, are reportedly on the\u00a0club\u2019s\u00a0agenda. However, it remains uncertain how quickly they will respond to the emerging rumours in the Spanish media.<\/p>\n<p>Dominik\u00a0Szoboszlai\u2019s\u00a0salary compared to select players in his position<\/p>\n<p class=\"imgI\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Dominik Szoboszlai of Liverpool celebrates scoring against AC Milan, on July 26, 2025\" class=\"vanilla-lazyload article-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/https:\/\/sportsmole-media-prod.s3.gra.io.cloud.ovh.net\/uploads\/2025\/07\/szoboszlai-9-6884c999435e10793.webp\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The report further compares\u00a0Szoboszlai&#8217;s\u00a0salary with that of other players in his position: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportsmole.co.uk\/people\/jude-bellingham\/\" title=\"More Jude Bellingham\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong class=\"autotag\">Jude Bellingham<\/strong><\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportsmole.co.uk\/people\/bernardo-silva\/\" title=\"More Bernardo Silva\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong class=\"autotag\">Bernardo Silva<\/strong><\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportsmole.co.uk\/people\/bruno-fernandes\/\" title=\"More Bruno Fernandes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong class=\"autotag\">Bruno Fernandes<\/strong><\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportsmole.co.uk\/people\/jamal-musiala\/\" title=\"More Jamal Musiala\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong class=\"autotag\">Jamal Musiala<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Bellingham&#8217;s\u00a0salary at Los Blancos is about \u20ac400,000 (\u00a3350,000) per week; Silva and Fernandes earn \u00a3300,000 at Man City and Manchester United, respectively, while Musiala is on approximately \u20ac360,000 (\u00a3315,000) per week.<\/p>\n<p>This\u00a0highlights the disparity between the Liverpool star and some players with similar profiles or importance at other clubs, both domestically and in Europe.<\/p>\n<p>While the Reds may not offer an increase to match the deals above, a competitive salary hike could be on the horizon to at least deter interest in the meantime.<\/p>\n<p>ID:585518:1false2false3false: from db desktop :LenBod:collect4751:<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Liverpool recognise the urgency of a key player&#8217;s future due to his lower salary and rumoured interest from&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":562782,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8815],"tags":[748,4230,393,68644,94,707,2826,4884,179,886,22138,7126,101,4151,93,68303,10938,1068,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-562781","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-liverpool","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-cycling","10":"tag-england","11":"tag-epl","12":"tag-football","13":"tag-formula-1","14":"tag-golf","15":"tag-great-britain","16":"tag-liverpool","17":"tag-manchester-city","18":"tag-nfl","19":"tag-olympics","20":"tag-premier-league","21":"tag-rugby","22":"tag-sport","23":"tag-sports-mole","24":"tag-teams","25":"tag-tennis","26":"tag-uk","27":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115529043603745207","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/562781","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=562781"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/562781\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/562782"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=562781"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=562781"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=562781"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}