Lutsharel Geertruida to Liverpool: Summer Transfer Dismissed

Liverpool will not be anticipated to revive their curiosity in Dutch defender Lutsharel Geertruida regardless of a late January bid for Arne Slot‘s former Feyenoord captain.

Geertruida emerged as a shock candidate for Liverpool on the finish of the January switch window following one other damage to Jeremie Frimpong.

However with no deal brokered between RB Leipzig and mortgage membership Sunderland, the 25-year-old has as an alternative stayed on the Stadium of Gentle for the rest of the season.

With Leipzig anticipated to promote this summer time and Liverpool already identified to carry an curiosity, a change to Anfield could have been mooted within the weeks to come back.

Nonetheless The Athletic‘s James Pearce studies that the Reds “have proven no intention of returning to the desk” for Slot’s most-used participant.

That is regardless of his availability, versatility and the plain considerations with Liverpool at right-back, as soon as once more highlighted as Frimpong was pressured off by damage for the Netherlands earlier this week.

It stays to be seen if right-back can be a goal space for the Reds within the coming switch window, however they’ve already moved to strengthen at centre-back.

A £60 million deal was agreed to carry Jeremy Jacquet in from Rennes, whereas Mor Talla Ndiaye and Ifeanyi Ndukwe have been additionally signed for the academy and Giovanni Leoni is now nearing a return following ACL surgical procedure in October.

Any additional signing at centre-back would rely on whether or not or not Ibrahima Konate extends his contract, however there may be optimism the Frenchman will in the end agree new phrases.

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Liverpool’s focus is as an alternative anticipated to be in reinforcing their assault with at the very least one new signing within the huge areas.

Mohamed Salah‘s impending exit has led to additional hyperlinks with Geertruida’s Leipzig team-mate Yan Diomande, although the Bundesliga membership need to tie him all the way down to a brand new long-term contract.

Inter Milan’s Denzel Dumfries and Genoa’s Brooke Norton-Cuffy have been additionally touted as right-back choices for Liverpool on the finish of the winter window.

Neither deal developed, although, and Slot has persevered with Dominik Szoboszlai as a fallback possibility within the place – as is now more likely to be the case when Liverpool go to Man Metropolis within the FA Cup quarter-finals on Saturday.