Liverpool have pushed their summer season spending to £170m after finishing the signing of Milos Kerkez for £40m from Bournemouth. The left-back follows the arrivals of Bayer Leverkusen’s Jeremie Frimpong and Florian Wirtz on the Premier League champions.
Arne Slot promised he would add “further weapons” to construct on the title success and the recruitment might not be over. Liverpool have labored shortly to safe the trio’s signature as Slot goals to duplicate home type within the Champions League, the place they went out on the final 16 stage.
Giorgi Mamardashvili will even be a part of the revamped squad. The goalkeeper will be a part of on 1 July from Valencia, lifting switch expenditure to virtually £200m.
“It’s an actual honour for me, a privilege to come back to play for one of many largest golf equipment on the planet, [the] largest membership in England,” mentioned Kerkez, who performed 74 instances for Bournemouth after becoming a member of from AZ Alkmaar in 2023. “I’m simply actually, actually blissful and excited.
“After this, I’ll go dwelling and luxuriate in a couple of days. Then I can’t wait to come back again and put the coaching package on and begin to prepare and put together for the season.”
Liverpool are additionally focusing on the Crystal Palace centre-back Marc Guéhi with Jarell Quansah set to hitch Bayern Leverkusen for £35m. The Reds might make a transfer for a brand new striker ought to they offload Darwin Nunez, who has attracted curiosity from Italy and Saudi Arabia. The membership are long-term admirers of Alexander Isak, however have but to make a proposal for the Newcastle ahead.
Frimpong replaces Trent Alexander-Arnold on the correct, whereas Kerkez will compete with Andy Robertson and Kostas Tsimikas at left-back, though one of many incumbent duo could possibly be allowed to depart if an appropriate supply is obtained.
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Kerkez turns into the third Hungarian on Liverpool’s books, together with Dominik Szoboszlai and goalkeeper Armin Pecsi, who has arrived this summer season from Puskás Akadémia.
