{"id":736735,"date":"2026-02-02T06:18:21","date_gmt":"2026-02-02T06:18:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/736735\/"},"modified":"2026-02-02T06:18:21","modified_gmt":"2026-02-02T06:18:21","slug":"the-state-of-play-heading-into-deadline-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/736735\/","title":{"rendered":"The state of play heading into Deadline Day"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

With just over 12 hours until the transfer deadline, any potential Liverpool business will need to be ironed out in short order. <\/strong><\/p>\n

There is far more happening on the incomings front, with the Reds still desperately seeking that defensive addition that has evaded them in recent days. <\/p>\n

You can make ONE signing before the deadline\u2026 WHO and WHY?? <\/p>\n

The final day of the window \ud83d\udc40<\/p>\n

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Less action with outgoings, though a couple of rumours and links to go through. <\/p>\n

It hasn\u2019t been a window to remember so far, but there\u2019s still time for an exciting development \u2014 here\u2019s everything you need to know about deadline day at Liverpool<\/a>. <\/p>\n

Liverpool near Jeremy Jacquet signing <\/p>\n

Jeremy Jacquet could be on his way to Anfield. <\/p>\n

Well, in a few months. Liverpool are in pole position for Jacquet<\/a> as of last night, with an agreement expected any time now. <\/p>\n

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As far as we know, it will be a move made in the summer, but with fierce competition from Chelsea, better get it done now. <\/p>\n

A \u00a355 million + \u00a35 million package is the rumoured fee on the table. <\/p>\n

Liverpool\u2019s right-back hunt has hit a wall <\/p>\n

Unfortunately, the one immediate move we were banking on to finish out the window has collapsed the day before the deadline.<\/p>\n

Jeremie Frimpong\u2019s untimely injury showed just how short Liverpool are at right-back, but addressing that issue has proved difficult. <\/p>\n

Sunderland won\u2019t release Lutsharel Geertruida<\/a>, so that\u2019s one option down. Inter Milan\u2019s president ruled out Denzel Dumfries<\/a> as well. <\/p>\n

So the only linked name still on the table is Galatasaray\u2019s Rolland Sallai, though reports so far have been of interest and nothing more. <\/p>\n

It could be that Liverpool miss out on him as well, in which case Calvin Ramsay will surely have to step up to the first-team again. <\/p>\n

That\u2019s pretty much all we are expecting in terms of signings. Kees Smit has been linked<\/a> a bit this window, but that looks like being a summer transfer race between some of Europe\u2019s top sides. <\/p>\n

Who could be Liverpool\u2019s short-term right-back transfer fix? <\/p>\n

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Transfer-linked Curtis Jones and Andy Robertson to learn their fate <\/p>\n

On outgoings, the two biggest names coming off the rumour mill are Curtis Jones and Andy Robertson<\/a>. <\/p>\n

Jones has been linked with Inter Milan<\/a>, and he, like Robertson, has been the subject of interest from Premier League rivals Spurs. <\/p>\n

The idea of one of them being sold would have sounded realistic a couple of weeks ago, but with no apparent replacements, I\u2019d be shocked if either were heading for the Anfield<\/a> exit today. <\/p>\n

All in all, expect a quiet deadline day. If there is to be a move, Sallai seems the most obvious \u2014 unless a new target has been identified. And as Arne Slot<\/a> said, Liverpool can\u2019t afford to weaken the squad by letting players leave. <\/p>\n

That being said, you really never know. We could get a surprise transfer story breaking in the final hours of the window, so be sure to stay tuned. <\/p>\n

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