Liverpool have agreed a deal to sign Milos Kerkez from Bournemouth for £40m. The left-back is to undergo a medical next week before signing a five-year deal with the Premier League champions.
The 21-year-old Hungary international has enjoyed two impressive seasons with Bournemouth after joining from AZ in July 2023, helping them finish ninth last season. Liverpool already have two left-backs in Andy Robertson and Kostas Tsimikas. The former is of interest to Atlético Madrid and the latter could well leave after spending five years largely as a back-up to the Scotland captain.
Bournemouth have already brought in a replacement for Kerkez – Adrien Truffert from Rennes, who will battle with the January arrival Julio Soler for a starting place under Andoni Iraola next season.
Liverpool are working hard in the transfer market. They have already completed a £29.5m deal for the right-back Jeremie Frimpong from Bayer Leverkusen and are close to signing Florian Wirtz from the Bundesliga club. The Germany playmaker had a medical on Friday in preparation for a £100m move to Merseyside.
There is likely to be further dealings between Liverpool and Leverkusen with the two clubs in talks over a deal for Jarell Quansah. The centre-back, who is currently representing England at the European Under-21 Championship, is valued at more than £30m by the Anfield club. Quansah made his first-team debut early in Jürgen Klopp’s final season in charge and performed so well that he ended the campaign as a regular starter alongside Virgil van Dijk. But the 22-year-old struggled for minutes under Arne Slot last season and now appears poised to move to Germany.
Liverpool could replace Quansah with the Crystal Palace captain, Marc Guéhi. The England defender is about to enter the final 12 months of his contract at Selhurst Park and Palace turned down a bid worth up to £70m from Tottenham in January.
