{"id":38616,"date":"2025-07-04T17:33:13","date_gmt":"2025-07-04T17:33:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/38616\/"},"modified":"2025-07-04T17:33:13","modified_gmt":"2025-07-04T17:33:13","slug":"liverpool-eyeing-bargain-move-for-55m-player-after-being-given-encouragement-over-bid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/38616\/","title":{"rendered":"Liverpool eyeing bargain move for \u00a355m player after being given encouragement over bid"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Liverpool have dominated the transfer headlines this summer, with the Reds already breaking their club record fee. <\/strong><\/p>\n

Florian Wirtz\u2019s transfer cost the Anfield outfit \u00a3116million<\/a>, and even though Arne Slot<\/a> has spent close to \u00a3200million on new arrivals, it doesn\u2019t feel like they\u2019re going to stop there. <\/p>\n

Several players are being continually linked with a Liverpool<\/a> move, and until Slot believes his team is ready to retain the title, those rumours are likely to keep emerging. <\/p>\n

\"ArnePhoto by Plumb Images\/Leicester City FC via Getty Images<\/p>\n

A new striker and centre-back seem to be the priority for Liverpool<\/a> at the moment, with a move for a 22-year-old defender now seemingly in the works. <\/p>\n

Liverpool have been invited to make a bid for Castello Lukeba this summer<\/p>\n

Indeed, Marc Guehi is the man who has been the most linked with a move to Liverpool<\/a> this summer, but Castello Lukeba\u2019s name has also popped up on occasion. <\/p>\n

The RB Leipzig defender is only 22 years old, and despite suffering an injury during the 2024-25 campaign, he impressed on multiple occasions. <\/p>\n

And now, as per a report from CaughtOffside<\/a>, Liverpool are now \u2018optimistic\u2019 that a move for the young Frenchman can be sanctioned. <\/p>\n

Liverpool are looking to sign the centre-back for a \u2018cut-rate\u2019 price, with the Reds looking to sign the defender for a fee between \u00a350 and \u00a355million. <\/p>\n

Lukeba has already had \u2018internal discussions\u2019 with Leipzig regarding his future with the Bundesliga outfit, agreeing that he could be prised away from the club for a \u2018significantly lower fee\u2019 than his release clause. <\/p>\n

Castello Lukeba could be more of a risk than Marc Guehi for Liverpool<\/p>\n

It\u2019s clear that a new centre-back is high on the priority list for Liverpool this season. <\/p>\n

Both Lukeba and Guehi have been consistently linked with an Anfield switch<\/a>, and although Virgil van Dijk and Ibrahima Konate are the Reds\u2019 starters at the moment, whichever centre-back comes in will be expected to challenge for a first-team spot. <\/p>\n

Although Lukeba may have a higher ceiling than Guehi, the fact that the Englishman already has plenty of Premier League<\/a> experience and is arguably England\u2019s best centre-back makes him the smarter choice. <\/p>\n

\"MarcPhoto by Scott Llewellyn | MI News\/NurPhoto via Getty Images<\/p>\n

The Crystal Palace captain also only has a year left on his current deal, so unless the Eagles sell him this summer, he could end up leaving for free from January onwards. <\/p>\n

Of course, only time will tell what the future holds, but with the way things are panning out, one of the two will more than likely become a Liverpool player this summer. <\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Liverpool have dominated the transfer headlines this summer, with the Reds already breaking their club record fee. Florian…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":38617,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[45],"tags":[4426,4557,221,62,67,132,68],"class_list":{"0":"post-38616","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-soccer","8":"tag-arne-slot","9":"tag-castello-lukeba","10":"tag-soccer","11":"tag-sports","12":"tag-united-states","13":"tag-unitedstates","14":"tag-us"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/114796167580042622","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38616","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38616"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38616\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/38617"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38616"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38616"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38616"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}