{"id":586621,"date":"2025-11-22T10:55:17","date_gmt":"2025-11-22T10:55:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/586621\/"},"modified":"2025-11-22T10:55:17","modified_gmt":"2025-11-22T10:55:17","slug":"e90m-forwards-failed-contract-talks-open-door-to-reds-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/586621\/","title":{"rendered":"\u20ac90m forward&#8217;s failed contract talks open door to Reds deal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                <img decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" width=\"1200\" height=\"673\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/w=1200,h=673,fit=cover,q=90,g=face,dpr=1,f=auto,scq=50.png\" alt=\"Arne Slot Liverpool\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\n                                \u00a9 IMAGO &#8211; Arne Slot Liverpool\n                            <\/p>\n<p><strong>Liverpool took the opportunity to freshen up their strike line in last summer\u2019s record-breaking transfer window. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Deals were done for Florian Wirtz and Alexander Isak &#8211; both British record fees &#8211; as well as Jeremie Frimpong and Hugo Ekitike. But the start of the season has shown that more additions could be required before Arne Slot and Richard Hughes are satisfied.<\/p>\n<p>                            Article continues under the video<\/p>\n<p>Mo Salah hasn\u2019t been in the greatest form of his life &#8211; while Cody Gakpo on the other side could be changed out for a better option.<\/p>\n<p>Moreover the problems at right-back mean that Dominik Szoboszlai has been asked to fill in there &#8211; with the Reds losing a No10 as a result.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>            Liverpool interested in Kenan Yildiz<\/p>\n<p>Therefore a deal could be done for a versatile attacker &#8211; and<a href=\"https:\/\/www.anfieldwatch.co.uk\/liverpool-fc\/news\/liverpool-transfer-news-kenan-yildiz-juventus-chelsea-real-madrid\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-as-button=\"false\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong> Kenan Yildiz is all of a sudden back on the radar<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Yildiz, 20, is currently engaged in contract talks with Juventus and things have not been straightforward for the Italian record champions.<\/p>\n<p>The Turkish international is reported by TEAMtalk to be making around \u00a325k per week &#8211; small change compared to the wages of his senior teammates.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>            LFC can pounce on failed Yildiz talks<\/p>\n<p>And so far the Turin side have been unable to meet the playmaker\u2019s demands &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.anfieldwatch.co.uk\/index.php\/liverpool-fc\/news\/fabrizio-romano-confirms-premier-league-interest-in-liverpool-linked-juventus-wonderkid-kenan-yildiz\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-as-button=\"false\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>giving an opportunity to interested sides like Liverpool to slide in for a deal<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Yildiz is under contract at Juve until 2029 &#8211; having joined in the club back in 2023 from Bayern Munich\u2019s youth ranks. His rise has been stratospheric over the last couple of seasons &#8211; and right now he looks like being Juve\u2019s most valuable player.<\/p>\n<p>This season he has got two goals and three assists in 10 Serie A outings and has also been in great form for Turkey in FIFA World Cup qualification.<\/p>\n<p>Accordingly a bid of around \u20ac90m could convince the Old Lady of Italian football to sell up &#8211; amid stalling contract talks.<\/p>\n<p>            Liverpool watching Yildiz talks closely<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYildiz\u2019s future in Turin is in major doubt, with contract talks stalling,\u201d a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.teamtalk.com\/chelsea\/kenan-yildiz-juventus-transfer-exit-contract-talks-latest-sources\" target=\"_blank\" data-as-button=\"false\" rel=\"noopener\">report <\/a>reads. \u201cA host of clubs are being linked.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt will likely take a \u20ac90million (\u00a379m \/ $104m) bid to prise the 20-year-old away from Juve.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYildiz wants a bumper new contract to reward his status as a key first-team player, as he is currently on \u00a325,000 a week \u2013 far less than most of his team-mates.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSo far, Juve have yet to meet his wage demands, with Chelsea, Liverpool and Arsenal all watching the situation closely.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Yildiz is most at home on the left wing &#8211; and he likes to cut inside for a shot at goal with his right foot. He can also play No10 as well as part of a front two with an out-and-out striker such as Dusan Vlahovic.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udd34 <a href=\"https:\/\/assets.ikhnaie.me\/click.html?wgcampaignid=1523405&amp;wgprogramid=7413\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Shop the LFC 2025\/26 adidas home range<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\">\ud83d\udc49\ud83c\udffb <a href=\"https:\/\/www.anfieldwatch.co.uk\/liverpool-fc\/news\/liverpool-dominik-szoboszlai-best-right-back\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Liverpool have a NEW right-back and he&#8217;s the best in the world<\/strong> <\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\">\ud83d\udc49\ud83c\udffb <a href=\"https:\/\/www.anfieldwatch.co.uk\/liverpool-fc\/news\/liverpool-transfer-news-england-star-marc-guehi-crystal-palace\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Marc Guehi is COMING: Liverpool will agree deal to sign England star<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);\">\ud83d\udc49\ud83c\udffb <a href=\"https:\/\/www.anfieldwatch.co.uk\/liverpool-fc\/news\/liverpool-legends-son-is-now-an-elite-centre-back\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Liverpool legend&#8217;s son is now an elite centre-back<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u00a9 IMAGO &#8211; Arne Slot Liverpool Liverpool took the opportunity to freshen up their strike line in last&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":586622,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4100],"tags":[94,1127,79,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-586621","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-football","8":"tag-football","9":"tag-liverpool-transfer-news","10":"tag-sports","11":"tag-uk","12":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115592988948669634","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/586621","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=586621"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/586621\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/586622"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=586621"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=586621"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=586621"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}