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Liverpool set to put ULTIMATUM on senior player's future
The competition for places in Liverpool's squad is just as feisty as you expect it to be. Every summer, before the recruitment plan is decided for the transfer window, the Liverpool academy talents get their chance to impress Arne Slot for a chance of playing in the first team. Shop the LFC Store 🚨2025/26 LFC x adidas range🚨 LFC x adidas Shop the home range today! LFC x adidas Shop the goalkeeper range today LFC x adidas Shop the new adidas range today! The last pre-season campaign led to Rio Ngumoha and Trey Nyoni being called-up as full-time members of the senior set-up and we'll see how perform then playing at a more intense level. 🔴 Shop the LFC 2025/26 adidas away range Youngsters are normally gifted this chance because the squad has lost a player in that position and the cost of bringing someone else in is too high. Most other squad roles are so competitive that there is no pathway from the academy to the first-team available. It's a pretty tightly run operation. Beyond that, certain players in the first team, that can't nail down a starting role are utilised in countless different positions, making them useful to Slot in the aggregate. Anyone who fails to make a positive impact in the squad across the season will have questions to answer of themselves. Gomez will be set an ultimatum One of those latter players is Joe Gomez, a player whose commitment to the Reds should never be in doubt, but whose future is going to be under intense scrutiny if he's unable to get out of his slump. While the Englishman might well be just as frustrated as the fans are when it comes to his injuries, the fact is that his fitness is increasingly becoming a problem and the situation is getting untenable. Of course, the defender's struggles aren't anything new, he tore his ACL in 2015, had extensive achilles problems in 2016, had ankle surgery in the 2018/19 season and he had patellar issues in the 2020/21 season. His misfortune with fitness has been well-documented in his 10 year stay with us. But the what seems to have been the most damning thing for his Liverpool career so far, is that since he picked up an injury in pre-season, with Gomez one of the three centre-halves the Reds currently have, the decision has been made to try and bring in two new defenders this summer, not just one. That will give Arne Slot five options to fill the two centre-back roles in the starting XI, meaning one of them is almost guaranteed to not feature in a match, unless they're shoehorned into a different place. One of the main reasons why Gomez has been able to stay at Liverpool for so long has been his ability to perform his defensive duties at left-back, right-back or centre-back, whenever he's needed. In times of an injury crisis, he was a player who could compose himself well enough to deliver for the team, regardless of how much football he had played at the time. He's an experienced veteran for us. But now that his own injuries are starting to impact him more and more - 28 games missed last season - the club now feels as though a new player must be brought in. Gomez is now a luxury. Since getting injured earlier this summer, it has now been reported that he is back in training, although for how that will be is still to be understood. But while we all love the player and hope desperately that he'll score a goal at some point this season, he's likely on borrowed time now. Having five centre-backs signifies an ultimatum for someone and it's likely to be Gomez. Of course, Ibrahima Konate might choose to run down his contract this season and leave for free, while it's not out of the realms of possibility that he could leave this summer or in January to give Liverpool a fee. So the likely additions of Marc Guehi and Giovanni Leoni could be to cover all bases, in case the Frenchman decides not to sign a new contract, but if Gomez isn't involves this season, he might well be offered a testimonial and sent on his way, so both parties can go their separate ways. He's contracted until 2027, so he doesn't necessarily have to go anywhere soon, but Liverpool's actions suggest that a decision will have to be made on his future soon and it's likely he'll leave.
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Report – Inter Milan Eyeing Up Udinese & Sevilla Stars To Bolster Backline
Inter Milan are eyeing up Udinese defender Oumar Solet and Sevilla's Loic Bade as potential reinforcements at the back. This according to today's print edition of Milan-based newspaper Gazzetta dello Sport, via FCInterNews. They report that a move for either would require a sale, likely of Benjamin Pavard. Inter Milan are still thinking about signing a defender before the transfer window. The Nerazzurri have missed out on one big target in the form of Koni De Winter. The Belgian has joined AC Milan. Meanwhile, Parma's Giovanni Leoni looks to be closing in on a move to Liverpool. However, there are other options for Inter to consider. And particularly if Inter were to sell Benjamin Pavard, they will certainly sign a replacement. The former Bayern Munich defender is a target for Galatasaray, and Inter could listen to €15-20 million offers. Inter Eyeing Up Oumar Solet & Loic Bade MADRID, SPAIN – DECEMBER 22: Loic Bade of Sevilla FC looks on during the LaLiga match between Real Madrid CF and Sevilla FC at Estadio Santiago Bernabeu on December 22, 2024 in Madrid, Spain. (Photo by) One defender who Inter have been targeting for some time is Udinese's Oumar Solet. The Frenchman had already convinced the Nerazzurri with his performances in his first few months in Serie A after joining Udinese last January. However, the Gazzetta note, Solet is under investigation for sexual assault in Udine. Therefore, Inter would want to sign him on loan with a purchase option, pending the outcome of that case. Meanwhile, the Gazzetta report, Sevilla defender Loic Bade is also a target for Inter. The 25-year-old is under contract with Sevilla until the end of June 2029. Therefore, the Andalusian club would have plenty of leverage in negotiations. The Gazzetta note that Sevilla have recently given Bayer Leverkusen an asking price of €30 million for Bade.
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Slot says Liverpool set to sign teenage Italian defender but won't comment on Guehi
LIVERPOOL, England (AP) — Liverpool manager Arne Slot confirmed on Thursday an agreement reached with Parma to sign teenage defender Giovanni Leoni. Slot, however, refused to discuss any potential deal for another center back — England international Marc Guehi — and said any comments would need to come from his club, Crystal Palace. The 18-year-old Leoni previously played for Padova and Sampdoria before impressing at Parma after joining in the offseason of 2024. He is an Italy Under-19 international. 'The clubs have agreed (on) a deal but he hasn't signed for us yet,' Slot said of Leoni, 'so the moment when he signs for us, I can go into more detail.' On a possible deal for Guehi, who has one year left on his contract at Palace, Slot was more circumspect. He didn't mention the player's name specifically but did say 'unfortunately he was the captain of the team who we lost against last Sunday' — referring to Liverpool losing to Palace in the Community Shield on Sunday. 'If you want to have any talks about him, you should go to Palace and (manager Oliver) Glasner and ask his opinion about it,' Slot said at a news conference ahead of the first match of Liverpool's Premier League title defense, at home to Bournemouth on Friday. ___ AP soccer: The Associated Press
