{"id":809125,"date":"2026-03-07T01:53:14","date_gmt":"2026-03-07T01:53:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/809125\/"},"modified":"2026-03-07T01:53:14","modified_gmt":"2026-03-07T01:53:14","slug":"fsg-want-to-sign-the-best-left-back-in-the-world-after-man-utd-phone-call-ends-in-shattered-dream","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/809125\/","title":{"rendered":"FSG want to sign \u2018the best left-back in the world\u2019 after Man Utd \u2018phone call\u2019 ends in shattered \u2018dream&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After Manchester United failed in their quest to bring an Inter Milan left-back to Old Trafford, Liverpool believe that they could be able to do a deal to see him play at Anfield from next season, according to a report.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.teamtalk.com\/liverpool\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Liverpool<\/a> will need to sign a new left-back in the summer transfer window, with Andy Robertson out of contract at the end of the season and Kostas Tsimikas, currently on loan at AS Roma, unlikely to have a long-term future at Anfield.<\/p>\n<p>TEAMtalk\u2019s transfer correspondent, Fraser Fletcher, has reported that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.teamtalk.com\/liverpool\/andy-robertson-new-liverpool-contract-tottenham-hotspur-celtic-interest\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Liverpool are weighing up whether to hand Robertson a short-term deal<\/a>, but there is interest in the Scottish left-back from Tottenham Hotspur, Celtic and Wrexham.<\/p>\n<p>Milos Kerkez is the first-choice left-back at Liverpool at the moment, but the former Bournemouth star has not been great under manager Arne Slot so far this season.<\/p>\n<p>According to <a rel=\"noopener nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sportsboom.co.uk\/football\/transfer-news\/exclusive-federico-dimarco-to-liverpool-to-replace-andy-robertson\" target=\"_blank\">Sports Boom<\/a>, Liverpool have identified Inter Milan left-back <a href=\"https:\/\/www.teamtalk.com\/federico-dimarco\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Federico Dimarco<\/a> as a replacement for Robertson.<\/p>\n<p>Liverpool reportedly view Dimarco \u2018as the only profile capable of replicating Robertson\u2019s offensive threat\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>The 28-year-old Italy international left-back has scored seven goals and given 15 assists in 35 matches in all competitions for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.teamtalk.com\/tag\/inter-milan\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Inter<\/a> so far this season.<\/p>\n<p>During the 2024\/25 campaign, Dimarco, who is also adept at playing as a left wing-back, found the back of the net four times and gave 11 assists in 52 appearances for Inter.<\/p>\n<p>However, Liverpool are likely to face the same fate as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.teamtalk.com\/manchester-united\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Manchester United<\/a> in their pursuit of Dimarco.<\/p>\n<p>Inter have no intention of selling Dimarco, who is under contract at the Italian giants until the summer of 2027.<\/p>\n<p>On February 19, 2026, Inter Milan-centric Italian news outlet L\u2019Interista reported that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.teamtalk.com\/manchester-united\/man-utd-move-for-best-in-the-world-defender-collapses-after-one-phone-call\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u2018Manchester United are after Dimarco\u2019<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The report revealed that Man Utd made a phone call and were bluntly told that Inter are not for sale.<\/p>\n<p>L\u2019Interista noted: \u2018Interest from Manchester United? Everyone would like to see Dimarco up close.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Seeing the best left-back in the world is a dream for many, they probably need to take a plane to see a top-class player\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u2018One phone call was enough to understand that Inter would never let him go, just as Dimarco would never leave Inter\u2026\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Inter are reportedly \u2018confident\u2019 of keeping Dimarco, who is \u2018on excellent terms\u2019 with the Italian outfit and plans to sign a new contract.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Want more breaking transfer lines from original sources? Add TEAMtalk\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=teamtalk.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><strong>as a preferred source on Google\u00a0<\/strong><\/a>to your favourites list for news you can trust.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Latest Liverpool transfer news: \u2018Super offer\u2019, Ibrahima Konate update<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.teamtalk.com\/liverpool\/liverpool-super-offer-rejected-swap-deal-unlock-move-dream-salah-replacement\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Liverpool have suffered a blow in their pursuit of a Bayern Munich gem<\/a> after making a \u2018super offer\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>Sources have told our transfer insider, Graeme Bailey, that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.teamtalk.com\/liverpool\/lucrative-ibrahima-konate-offer-barcelona-inter-milan-real-madrid-exclusive\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Liverpool have taken a huge step to keep Ibrahima Konate<\/a> and stop him from joining Real Madrid in the summer transfer window.<\/p>\n<p>And finally, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.teamtalk.com\/liverpool\/liverpool-urged-break-bank-man-utd-target-federico-valverde\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Liverpool have been urged to break the bank<\/a> and go all out for a Real Madrid midfielder.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"After Manchester United failed in their quest to bring an Inter Milan left-back to Old Trafford, Liverpool believe&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":809126,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8815],"tags":[160,748,393,124307,163,4884,8883,8882,179,98,101,100,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-809125","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-liverpool","8":"tag-all-the-news","9":"tag-britain","10":"tag-england","11":"tag-federico-dimarco","12":"tag-front-page","13":"tag-great-britain","14":"tag-inter-milan","15":"tag-italian-serie-a","16":"tag-liverpool","17":"tag-manchester-united","18":"tag-premier-league","19":"tag-transfer-news","20":"tag-uk","21":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/116185399578517443","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/809125","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=809125"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/809125\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/809126"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=809125"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=809125"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=809125"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}