Liverpool transfer news LIVE: Reds target Chelsea’s N’Golo Kante and Nat Phillips closes in on Anfield exit
Keep up to date with all the Liverpool transfer news and speculation during the January transfer window.
Liverpool managed to sign their top transfer target during the summer transfer window, bringing in Darwin Nunez in a deal worth a potential £86million. They also added Fabio Carvalho and Calvin Ramsay to the squad on permanent deals.
Jurgen Klopp’s side beat Manchester City in the Community Shield, but they had had a slow start to the Premier League season and face a battle to finish in the top four.
The Liverpool squad could be set for a significant overhaul this year and we’ve taken a look at all the players they are being linked with and who the original source of the story is.
The summer transfer window officially closed at 11pm, Thursday 1 September, with this list featuring any transfer line with regards incomings and outgoing at Anfield since then…
Jude Bellingham
Since moving to Borussia Dortmund in 2020, Bellingham has developed into one of the most sought-after players in European football.
The midfielder is reportedly Jurgen Klopp’s top transfer target in 2023 and we’ve compiled the latest rumours surrounding Liverpool’s interest in Bellingham.
– Liverpool can compete finacially with Real Madrid and Anfield is Bellingham’s most likely destination in the summer. (Kaveh Solhekol, January 24).
– Liverpool are offering Bellingham the possibility of becoming the new Steven Gerrard and are are optimistic of signing him in the summer as talks have already been held. (Sky Germany, January 20).
– Bellingham’s dad is talking to Liverpool about a potential transfer. Alongside Real Madrid and Manchester City, the Reds are leading the race for his signature. (Valentina Macerim, January 18).
– Alongside Wolves’ Matheus Nunes, Liverpool also want to sign Bellingham. (The Times, January 16).
– Liverpool are prepared to pay a higher salary than Real Madrid and could also employ his father Mark in a scouting role at Anfield in order to convince the midfielder to join them. (Nacional, January 10).
– There is confidence at Anfield that they could land Bellingham but they also know the player has options. (Graeme Bailey, January 8).
– Liverpool consider themselves frontrunners for the midfielder after assuring his family that there’s a plan in place. (Ben Jacobs, January 3).
Who have Liverpool been linked with?
Goalkeepers
Ron-Robert Zieler, Hannover – (Bild, January 4; Bild, November 7).
Patrick Drewes, SV Sandhausen – (Bild, November 2).
Defenders
Josko Gvardiol, RB Leipzig – (Christian Falk, January 13; Rudy Galetti, December 14).
Evan Ndicka, Eintracht Frankfurt – (Ben Jacobs, January 12).
Milan Skriniar, Inter Milan – (Inter Live, January 5; Graeme Bailey, December 24; 90min, November 4).
Kim Min-jae, Napoli – (Il Mattino, January 4).
Ivan Fresneda, Real Valladolid – (AS, December 14).
Giorgio Scalvini, Atalanta – (Gazzetta dello Sport, December 13; CalcioMercato, November 26).
Antonio Silva, Benfica – (A Bola, December 7; O Jogo, October 24).
Perr Schuurs, Torino – (Tuttomercato, November 1).
Zeno Debast, Anderlecht – (90min, October 11).
Victor Nelsson, Galatasaray – (Fanatik, October 6).
Sacha Boey, Galatasaray – (Fanatik, October 6).
Armel Bella-Kotchap, Southampton – (Fichajes, September 16).
Midfielders
N’Golo Kante, Chelsea – (Nacional, January 30).
Enzo Fernandez, Benfica – (Ben Jacobs, January 26; Fabrizio Romano, January 9; O Jogo, December 27; Football Insider, December 24; O Jogo, December 20; Fabrizio Romano, December 20; O Jogo, December 14; Diario La Capital, December 12; Record, December 10; O Jogo, December 1; Sport, October 19; Fichajes, September 27; O Jogo, September 26).
Matheus Nunes, Wolves – (Daily Telegraph, January 25; Ryan Taylor, January 22; Ben Jacobs, January 18; Fabrizio Romano, January 17; The Times, January 16; Fabrizio Romano, January 4; Daily Telegraph, January 2; Daily Mirror, October 2; UOL, September 15).
Mason Mount, Chelsea – (The Guardian, January 20; Simon Phillips, December 18; The Guardian, November 17).
Marcelo Brozovic, Inter Milan – (Calciomercato, January 18; Calciomercato, October 7; Fichajes, October 3).
Ruben Neves, Wolves – (Football Insider, January 17; 90min, January 17; Daily Mirror, January 14; Graeme Bailey, November 18).
Jesper Lindstrøm, Eintracht Frankfurt – (Tipsbladet, January 17).
Moises Caicedo, Brighton – (Dharmesh Sheth, January 13; Graeme Bailey, January 8; Football Insider, January 7; Sky Sports, January 6; teradeportes, December 29; Dharmesh Sheth, December 17; Florian Plettenberg, November 28; Ben Jacobs, September 25; Football Insider, September 24; Tera Deportes, September 5).
Khephren Thuram, Nice – (Jacque Talbot, January 12).
Kouadio Kone, Borussia Monchengladbach – (Jacque Talbot, January 12; Fabrizio Romano, January 3).
Mikel Merino, Real Sociedad – (Rudy Galetti, January 11).
Teun Koopmeiners, Atalanta – (Tutto Atalanta, January 9).
Joao Palhinha, Fulham – (Dean Jones, January 8).
Sofyan Amrabat, Fiorentina – (Graeme Bailey, January 8; Gazzetta dello Sport, December 29; Firenze Viola, December 26; Foot Mercato, December 18; Graeme Bailey, December 18; Gianluca Di Marzio, December 15; Anas Bakhkhar, December 13; Foot Mercato, December 7; Corriere Dello Sport, December 6; Corriere dello Sport, November 30).
Declan Rice, West Ham – (Graeme Bailey, January 6; Football Insider, November 21; Simon Phillips, November 4; Football Insider, October 8).
Alexis Mac Allister, Brighton – (La Repubblica, December 27).
Eljif Elmas, Napoli – (Ahmet Ercanlar, December 25).
Weston McKennie, Juventus – (Daily Mail, December 17).
George Hall, Birmingham City – (Football Insider, December 17).
James Maddison, Leicester City – (Fichajes, December 13).
Rodrigo Bentancur, Tottenham – (Fichajes, December 13).
Mohammed Kudus, Ajax – (Fabrizio Romano, December 13; Graeme Bailey, December 1; Fabrizio Romano, November 30; De Telegraaf, November 29; Sports World Ghana, November 23).
Sander Berge, Sheffield United – (Jeunes Footeux, December 10).
Yunus Musah, Valencia – (Calciomercato, December 8; 90min, December 6).
Ismael Bennacer, AC Milan – (Corriere dello Sport, December 4; Calciomercato, December 1; Algerie Football Media, November 29; Sport Mediaset, September 23).
Piotr Zielinski, Napoli – (Rudy Galetti, November 29).
Adrien Rabiot, Juventus – (Calciomercato, November 23; TuttoJuve, October 7).
Konrad Laimer, RB Leipzig – (Bild, November 23; Graeme Bailey, November 18; Sky Germany, November 1; Christian Falk, October 19; Kicker, September 20).
Marcos Llorente, Atletico Madrid – (Fichajes, November 16).
Alberto Moleiro, Las Palmas – (Mundo Deportivo, November 14; AS, November 5).
Youri Tielemans, Leicester City – (Paul Brown, November 12; Sport, October 12; Calciomercato, October 3).
Seko Fofana, Lens – (Ignazio Genuardi, November 7).
Bruno Guimaraes, Newcastle – (TNT Sport, October 27).
Frenkie de Jong, Barcelona – (ESPN, October 21; Fichajes, October 16; Sport, October 15).
Stanislav Lobotka, Napoli – (TuttoMercato, October 19).
Florentino Luis, Benfica – (O Jogo, October 15).
Sergej Milinkovic-Savic, Lazio – (Calciomercato, October 7).
Guido Rodriguez, Real Betis – (Fichajes, October 7).
Nicolo Barella, Inter Milan – (Calciomercato, September 28).
Joao Gomes, Flamengo – (Sport, September 28; Fabrizio Romano, September 18; Julio Miguel Neto, September 14).
Ethan Nwaneri, Arsenal – (The Times, September 20).
Federico Valverde, Real Madrid – (Fichajes, September 19).
Ibrahim Sangare, PSV – (Calciomercato, September 10).
Forwards
Elye Wahi, Montpellier – (Foot Mercato, January 27).
Federico Chiesa, Juventus – (Calciomercato, January 22).
Youssoufa Moukoko, Borussia Dortmund – (Graeme Bailey, Janaury 16; Sky Germany, December 16; 90min, November 24; Sport Bild, November 9; Football Insider, October 28; Sport, October 23; Football Insider, October 21).
Andreas Schjelderup, Nordsjaelland – (TV2, January 11; Calciomercato, September 30).
Martin Terrier, Rennes – (Media Foot, January 8).
Jhon Duran, Chicago Fire – (Calciomercato, December 29; Jeunes Footeux, October 28; The Sun, October 2).
Cody Gakpo, PSV – (Fabrizio Romano, December 26; Gianluca Di Marzio, December 16; Marco Timmer, December 8; Fabrizio Romano, November 30; Hans Kraay, November 27; Calciomercato, November 23).
Hirving Lozano, Napoli – (Calciomercato, December 26; Gazzetta dello Sport, December 12).
Felipe Rodriguez-Gentile, Preston North End – (Daily Mirror, December 22).
Randal Kolo Muani, Eintracht Frankfurt – (Foot Mercato, December 8).
Dusan Vlahovic, Juventus – (Calciomercato, December 2).
Ansu Fati, Barcelona – (OK Diario, November 30).
Victor Osimhen, Napoli – (Gazzetta dello Sport, November 23).
Marcus Thuram, Borussia Monchengladbach – (The Sun, November 19; Fussball Transfers, November 14).
Nico Williams, Atheltic Bilbao – (Fichajes, November 18).
Samuel Chukwueze, Villarreal – (Fichajes, November 16).
Noah Okafor, RB Salzburg – (Florian Plettenberg, November 15).
David Datro Fofana, Molde – (Fraternite Matin, November 8).
Gustav Isaksen, Midtjylland – (Ekstra Bladet, November 8).
Alexis Vega, Chivas – (GIVEMESPORT, November 7).
Son Heung-min, Tottenham – (Sport1, October 27).
Wilfried Zaha, Crystal Palace – (90min, October 25; Calciomercato, October 19).
Rafael Leao, AC Milan – (Calciomercato, October 18).
Christopher Nkunku, RB Leipzig – (The Sun, October 16; Fabrice Hawkins, September 30).
Joao Felix, Atletico Madrid – (A Bola, October 14).
Marcos Leonardo, Santos – (Milton Neves, October 14).
Kylian Mbappe, Paris Saint-Germain – (Ismael Mahmoud, October 12; Marca, October 11).
Jeremy Doku, Rennes – (Calciomercato, October 8).
Yunus Akgun, Galatasaray – (Fanatik, October 6).
Kerem Akturkoglu, Galatasaray – (Fanatik, October 6).
Kamaldeen Sulemana, Rennes – (Nacional, October 6).
Ibrahim Adel, Pyramids FC – (90min, September 29).
Memphis Depay, Barcelona – (Futbol Total, September 24).
Alex Baena, Villarreal – (Sport, September 22).
Cole Brannigan, Linfield – (The Sun, September 18).
Mykhaylo Mudryk, Shakhtar Donetsk – (The Guardian, September 20; Calciomercato, September 18).
Who has been linked with a move away from Liverpool?
Nat Phillips, Galatasaray – (The Athletic, January 29).
Roberto Firmino, Inter Milan – (Gazzetta Dello Sport, January 27).
Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, Brighton – (Daily Mail, January 25).
Nat Phillips, N/A – (Daily Mail, January 25; The Athletic, January 23, Daily Mirror, September 7).
Caoimhin Kelleher, N/A – (The Athletic, January 23).
Calvin Ramsay, loan, Watford – (The Sun, January 21).
Calvin Ramsay, loan, Swansea – (The Sun, January 21).
Naby Keita, Inter Milan – (Calciomercato, January 18).
Naby Keita, free transfer – (Football Insider, January 14).
Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, N/A – (Daily Mail, January 13).
Arthur, Arsenal – (Calciomercato, January 1).
Ibrahima Konate, Real Madrid – (MediaFoot, January 1).
Adrian, N/A – (ESPN, December 22).
Roberto Firmino, Al-Nasr – (Daily Mirror, December 11).
Darwin Nunez, Real Madrid – (Defensa Central, December 2).
Naby Keita, AC Milan – (Calciomercato, November 30; Milan Live, October 25).
Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, AC Milan – (Calciomercato, November 30).
Kostas Tsimikas, Juventus – (Calciomercato, November 23).
Ben Doak, Nottingham Forest (loan) – (NottinghamshireLive, November 19).
Nat Phillips, West Ham – (Dean Jones, November 14).
Tyler Morton, Borussia Dortmund – (The Sun, November 13).
Naby Keita, Arsenal and Tottenham and Chelsea – (90min, October 24).
Roberto Firmino, Juventus – (Calciomercato, October 18; Calciomercato, September 6).
Roberto Firmino, AC Milan – (Calciomercato, October 18).
Mohamed Salah, PSG – (Ismael Mahmoud, October 12).
Naby Keita, Barcelona – (Sport, October 10).
Roberto Firmino, Atletico Madrid – (Fichajes, October 10).
Joe Gomez, Lazio – (Calciomercato, October 7).
Naby Keita, Borussia Dortmund – (Bild, September 26).
Roberto Firmino, Barcelona – (Futbol Total, September 24).
Arthur Melo – (TuttoJuve, September 19; Tuttomercatoweb, September 14).
Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, Aston Villa – (Daily Express, September 12).
Contract updates
Stefan Bajcetic – (Liverpool official website, January 26).
Roberto Firmino – (Florian Plettenberg, January 17; Florian Plettenberg, January 4; Jorge Nicola, December 28; Florian Plettenberg, December 9; Football Insider, December 7; Florian Plettenberg, November 15; Football Insider, November 3; Fabrizio Romano, October 20).
Naby Keita – (Graeme Bailey, January 8; Christian Falk, October 5; Fabrizio Romano, September 25; Football Insider, September 23; Fabrizio Romano, September 5).
Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain – (Graeme Bailey, January 8).
Curtis Jones – (Football Insider, November 17).
Ben Doak – (The National, November 10).
Not happening
Moises Caicedo, Brighton – (TEAMtalk, January 23).
Ruben Neves, Wolves – (Football Insider, January 23).
Youssoufa Moukoko, Borussia Dortmund – (Fabrizio Romano, January 21).
Jhon Duran – (Aston Villa, January 16).
Andreas Schjelderup, Nordsjaelland – (Fabrizio Romano, January 12).
Sofyan Amrabat, Fiorentina – (Foot Mercato, January 11).
Ismael Bennacer, AC Milan – (TuttoMercato, January 9; Gazzetta dello Sport, December 19).
Khvicha Kvaratskhelia, Napoli – (Gazzetta dello Sport, December 22).
David Datro Fofana, Molde – (Fabrizio Romano, December 15).
Konrad Laimer, RB Leipzig – (Fabrizio Romano, December 12; Graeme Bailey, December 1; Florian Plettenberg, November 29; 90min, November 28; Fabrizio Romano, October 4).
Kylian Mbappe, PSG – (The Atheltic, November 30).
Christopher Nkunku, RB Leipzig – (Fabrizio Romano, October 28).
Florentino Luis, Benfica – (O Jogo, October 18).
Douglas Luiz, Aston Villa – (October 14).
Jamal Musiala, Bayern Munich – (Florian Plettenberg, October 4).
Gavi, Barcelona – (Mundo Deportivo, September 9).
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