The Truth Behind €80m Summer Buy-Back Claim

Jarell Quansah has been tipped for a swift return to Liverpool this summer season after excelling at Bayer Leverkusen, however there is no such thing as a trigger to anticipate a 2026 switch.

Quansah left Liverpool for Leverkusen in a deal price £35 million in July and has cemented himself as a key participant for the Bundesliga membership.

After scoring a late equaliser in Saturday’s 1-1 draw with Mainz the 23-year-old has been linked a summer season return to Anfield, with Sky Germany claiming the Reds will activate an €80 million (£69.7m) buy-back clause.

Nevertheless This Is Anfield understands there have been no such developments and Quansah will not be anticipated to rejoin Liverpool in 2026.

Liverpool agreed a buy-back clause when negotiating the defender’s sale however there was no official affirmation of both the payment concerned or when it may be activated.

Whereas Sky Germany have claimed it runs till Could 2026, that conflicts with widespread experiences upon Quansah’s transfer to the BayArena.

On the time, BILD had been amongst these to report that the buy-back payment was set at €60 million (£52.3m) and would solely come into impact after July 1, 2027.

Quansah is known to have already agreed phrases over the contract he would signal if Liverpool had been to deliver him again after two seasons at Leverkusen.

That serves to underline the membership’s religion of their academy graduate, who pushed for a everlasting transfer in the summertime in pursuit of normal beginning soccer.

Why Liverpool might nonetheless re-sign Quansah – simply not this yr

His determination has been vindicated not solely on account of his outstanding position underneath Kasper Hjulmand but in addition that Virgil van Dijk and Ibrahima Konate have remained Arne Slot‘s undisputed first-choice pairing at Liverpool.

Liverpool went on to signal 19-year-old centre-back Giovanni Leoni from Parma in a deal price £26 million quickly after Quansah’s exit and a deal has since been agreed for 20-year-old Jeremy Jacquet to affix from Rennes this summer season.

Whereas each Leoni and Jacquet are actually sidelined with severe accidents that highlights the long-term plan for Slot’s defence.

The membership stay in talks over an extension to Konate’s contract and if the Frenchman places pen to paper he’s prone to stay first selection in 2026/27.

Subsequently whereas Liverpool will proceed to observe Quansah’s progress and will take into account him as an choice in 2027 – by which level Van Dijk shall be 36 and on the finish of his present contract – there’s little probability of a significant outlay this yr.

As an alternative the precedence is prone to be reinforcing the ahead line, with doubts over Mohamed Salah‘s future past the present season.

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