Andy Robertson is the subject of interest from Atlético Madrid as Liverpool edge closer towards the signing of the Bournemouth defender Milos Kerkez for a fee of about £45m. The Premier League champions planned to sign Kerkez to compete with the long-serving 31-year-old Scotland defender but are relaxed about the interest. Liverpool are not yet thought to have received any formal contact.
The trigger for Kerkez’s move is expected to be Bournemouth’s signing of the Rennes left-back Adrien Truffert. The 23-year-old Rennes captain, who received interest from other clubs, has agreed personal terms and is expected to cost about £15m.
Robertson, who is into the final 12 months of his contract, recently discussed the arrival of “new blood” at Anfield this summer. Jeremie Frimpong has signed from Bayer Leverkusen for £29.5m, while Florian Wirtz is poised to follow in a deal worth a guaranteed £100m. The Georgia goalkeeper Giorgi Mamardashvili, a star of Euro 2024, will complete his move from Valencia after last summer’s £29m deal.
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“We’ve had good discussions with me and the club but what the future holds I am not sure,” Robertson said last week, while on international duty with Scotland. “When you play for a big club like Liverpool you expect challenges, you expect competition and I have always faced that, everyone here has faced that in their own positions and I expect nothing less.
“I want the club to be ambitious, they are doing that and wherever we fit into that, if we’re happy with our role, we stay and we do it and if not then I am sure there will be a few out the door as well. But, you know, that’s the nature of football and it’s one of the biggest clubs in the world and we keep moving.”
