{"id":912930,"date":"2026-04-23T08:48:16","date_gmt":"2026-04-23T08:48:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/912930\/"},"modified":"2026-04-23T08:48:16","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T08:48:16","slug":"liverpool-reds-declare-interest-in-30m-man-city-ace-after-superstar-agrees-terms","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/912930\/","title":{"rendered":"Liverpool: Reds &#8216;declare interest&#8217; in \u00a330m Man City ace after superstar AGREES terms"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A Liverpool superstar has agreed personal terms with a true giant of European football, and his replacement at Anfield could come from Manchester City, according to reports.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.teamtalk.com\/liverpool\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Liverpool<\/a> are waving goodbye to two of their all-time greats at season\u2019s end, with Andy Robertson and Mohamed Salah both departing.<\/p>\n<p>But according to reports on Wednesday evening, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.teamtalk.com\/alisson-becker\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Alisson Becker<\/a> could also make way after the legendary goalkeeper <a href=\"https:\/\/www.teamtalk.com\/liverpool\/alisson-becker-agrees-personal-terms-juventus\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">verbally agreed personal terms with Juventus<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Serie A side \u2018dream\u2019 of signing Alisson, according to Fabrizio Romano, and our insider, Fraser Fletcher, has<a href=\"https:\/\/www.teamtalk.com\/news\/james-trafford-juventus-interest-alisson-plan-b-man-city-star-transfer-choice-exclusive\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> verified the Brazilian is Juve\u2019s \u2018top target\u2019 between the sticks<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Liverpool will now hold talks with Alisson and Giorgi Mamardashvili over the coming weeks. The end result is they\u2019ll either sell Alisson to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.teamtalk.com\/tag\/juventus\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Juventus<\/a> this summer, or they\u2019ll retain Alisson for the final year of his contract before he leaves on a free in the summer of 2027.<\/p>\n<p>In either of those scenarios, it would be Mamardashvili assuming the starting spot when Alisson departs. But according to the latest from <a rel=\"noopener nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.goal.com\/en-gb\/lists\/liverpool-chelsea-lead-chase-james-trafford-tranfer-man-city-goalkeeper-gianluigi-donnarumma\/blt0beff432ffe610b9\" target=\"_blank\">Goal<\/a>, Mamardashvili might face soon stiff competition from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.teamtalk.com\/james-trafford\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">James Trafford<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The stopper signed for<a href=\"https:\/\/www.teamtalk.com\/manchester-city\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> Man City<\/a> last summer fully believing he was about to become the No 1. However, City signed Gianluigi Donnarumma soon after, with Trafford immediately demoted to back-up.<\/p>\n<p>Trafford has performed well in limited outings this term, most notably in the League Cup final victory over Arsenal.<\/p>\n<p>However, he is itching to get away from City after just one season and join a club where he\u2019ll become a guaranteed starter once more.<\/p>\n<p>TEAMtalk understands Aston Villa, Tottenham, Brighton and Leeds United are all hovering. But according to Goal, a series of even bigger clubs are taking an interest too.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Want more breaking transfer lines from original sources? Add TEAMtalk <a rel=\"noopener nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=teamtalk.com\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>as a preferred source on Google <\/strong><\/a>to your favourites list for news you can trust.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Liverpool \u2018declare interest\u2019 in James Trafford<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>They claimed Liverpool as well as Chelsea have \u2018declared interest\u2019 in signing Trafford. Villa and Tottenham\u2019s interest was verified too, while Newcastle \u2013 who have historic interest in Trafford \u2013 were mentioned as well.<\/p>\n<p>Sources have informed us a bid of \u00a330m could be enough to get Man City\u2019s green light. If multiple clubs bid, City fancy their chances of generating even more.<\/p>\n<p>There is sympathy within City at Trafford\u2019s situation, given he genuinely was signed with a view to being the starter before the Donnarumma opportunity arose. As such, they won\u2019t stand in his way of suitable offers are received.<\/p>\n<p>Of course, Liverpool\u2019s potential move would hinge on two things \u2013 guaranteeing Trafford he\u2019ll be the starter, and Alisson leaving this summer.<\/p>\n<p>Given what has transpired at the Etihad, Trafford will not be joining a team to simply compete for a starting spot.<\/p>\n<p>If he were to join Liverpool this summer, it would suggest he\u2019s been promised the starter\u2019s role ahead of Mamardashvili, which in itself would then create issues with the Georgian.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>DON\u2019T MISS:\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.teamtalk.com\/liverpool\/yan-diomande-transfer-news-liverpool-personal-terms-to-be-agreed\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Liverpool delight with \u00a387m-rated Salah successor ready to agree blockbuster Anfield switch<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A Liverpool superstar has agreed personal terms with a true giant of European football, and his replacement at&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":912931,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[8815],"tags":[2654,160,748,393,163,4884,8882,62012,10308,179,886,122477,101,100,16,15],"class_list":["post-912930","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-liverpool","tag-alisson-becker","tag-all-the-news","tag-britain","tag-england","tag-front-page","tag-great-britain","tag-italian-serie-a","tag-james-trafford","tag-juventus","tag-liverpool","tag-manchester-city","tag-popular","tag-premier-league","tag-transfer-news","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/912930","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=912930"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/912930\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/912931"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=912930"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=912930"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=912930"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}