Liverpool transfer news: Alisson makes 'hard' admission as Reds agree next summer move

Daily Mirror

3 days ago

Liverpool still have work to do with two weeks remaining of the transfer window and Alexander Isak and Marc Guehi the main names being speculated over possible Anfield arrivals
The first Premier League match of the season is out of the way and just two more weeks of the transfer window remain. There's little sign of Liverpool slowing down their work.
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The Reds got their business underway at a rapid pace as they moved for Jeremie Frimpong and Trent Alexander-Arnold made his exit. Figures such as Florian Wirtz and Milos Kerkez followed as the spending ticked up towards £300million at Anfield.
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There have been plenty of stars heading in the opposite direction too. Arne Slot has waved goodbye to Jarell Quansah, Tyler Morton and Caoimhin Kelleher among others to bring in funds.
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And talk of Alexander Isak still remains after he missed Newcastle's opening match. Liverpool meanwhile will still feel they need a defender amid links to Crystal Palace star Marc Guehi.
With that said, Mirror Football takes a look at the latest transfer news and rumours surrounding Anfield.
Alisson admission
Alisson believes that the difficulty of integrating so many new players in one go has been appreciated. Liverpool's transfer work has been lauded as they added talents such as Florian Wirtz, Milos Kerez, Jeremie Frimpong and Hugo Ekitike, but the Brazilian goalkeeper reckons it comes with a cost.
"I think it's hard," Alisson told NBC. "Not many people talk about the changes we had in the team. Everybody's said how good our team is becoming with new players coming in, but nobody talks about the challenge that this is. It is a big challenge.
"Last season we had the challenge of changing the manager, but you keep the players so you know each other, you just have to keep the same way of playing. The manager was smart in the way he did that and also implementing new things, it was easy for us to understand."
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"I think for them to play, for Jeremie, for Flo (Wirtz) and for Hugo, playing for the first time in the Premier League, you have the physicality that's a little bit different, the intensity," he added. "But they showed up so well, they played amazingly well. Of course with our help, but they showed that their qualities are at the standard of Liverpool FC.'
Ben Doak nears move
Liverpool and Bournemouth have agreed a £25m deal for Ben Doak - with only the formalities remaining after the clubs came to some harmony over a fee this weekend. The Scotland international was absent from the teams' Premier League season opener after a breakthrough in discussions and now a deal is all but done.
The Cherries identified Doak as the ideal candidate to replace new Brentford star Dango Ouattara Andoni Iraola, per Liverpool Echo. Bournemouth fended off competition from Porto and Stuttgart to advance their deal after Doak impressed on loan at Middlesbrough last season.
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Glasner's Guehi stance
Crystal Palace boss Oliver Glasner claims Marc Guehi and Eberechi Eze remain 100 per cent with the Eagles amid speculation over their futures. Eze has been widely linked to Spurs and was rumoured to be set to miss the game against Chelsea, while Guehi has just a year remaining on his contract amid talk of a move to Liverpool.
Following the Eagles' goalless draw, Glasner appeared calm over the status of his star players and never considered excluding them from his his squad. "Not at all," he said.
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"Ebs and Marc, there has been a lot of noise about these two players in the last week. Everyone could see the performances against Liverpool, and [against Chelsea] they were 100% aligned with this team.
"As long as they are 100% committed, they will play as they are so good. I watched them all week in training. I spoke to them almost daily, maybe more than my kids and wife, but it's been worth it to talk to them. They didn't just show they are great footballers, but they are great persons and that's what I expected."
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