Amidst Liverpool transfer rumours, the manager makes “blackmailed” claim while the player skips training

Teun Koopmeiners, an Atalanta midfielder, has been strongly connected to a summer transfer to Anfield. Get the most recent Liverpool transfer news and rumours here.

Teun Koopmeiners, an Atalanta midfielder, has ceased attending practices due to rumours of a move to Liverpool. This summer, the Reds have been strongly linked to a deal for the Netherlands international.

Last season, Koopmeiners was a standout player for Atalanta as they won the Europa League, defeating Liverpool in the quarterfinals. The Netherlands international has, meanwhile, been predicted to sign with Juventus in recent weeks, with the Reds appearing less likely to be his final destination.

In anticipation of Arne Slot’s debut season, Liverpool began to show interest in the 26-year-old as a possible midfield addition. Though Real Sociedad player Martin Zubimendi is the top target for Liverpool, Koopmeiners appears more and more likely to sign with Juventus.

Koopmeiners has been playing for Atalanta for a few weeks now, but it looks like he’s going to sign with Juventus. Atalanta’s head coach Gian Piero Gaspeini has officially announced that Koopmeiners has made the decision to no longer train with the team.

According to Gasperini, Atlanta feels as though they are being “blackmailed” by the circumstances surrounding Koopmeiners’ future. The coach of the Serie A team also stated that Koopmeiners has already made the decision to depart in support of a transfer to Turin.

“Up until the end of last week, everything with Koopmeiners was going well,” Gasperini said to the Italian daily l’Eco di Bergamo.

“The athlete has already signed an agreement to join to Juventus. He made the decision to stop training and playing with us because he was stressed.

He is also no longer useful to the team or his teammates as a result of this circumstance.

“The club has responded by taking a very firm stance, feeling that they are being blackmailed in a way that is distinct from the numerous other occasions in the past when the club has sold valuable assets to major teams.”

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Liverpool is getting ready to spend €65 million for a long term Mohamed Salah replacement

Liverpool will not lose Mohamed Salah this summer, but the team is still preparing for life without him.

The Egyptian’s future at the team is still unknown as he approaches the penultimate year of his contract at Anfield and has been linked to moves away from the team during that time.

Under previous boss Jurgen Klopp, the right-winger has contributed to the Reds’ victories in both the Premier League and the Champions League.

Given the uncertainty surrounding his long-term future at Liverpool, the Reds are planning to sign a replacement.

The Japanese newspaper Sports Nippon claims that Liverpool may be considering Real Sociedad’s Takefusa Kubo, a right winger.

Kubo has been connected to a move to Liverpool since January.

Despite rumours that he would be Jurgen Klopp’s last addition to the Reds, the Japanese international continued to play well for the La Liga outfit.

Since joining Real Sociedad in 2022 from Real Madrid, Kubo has demonstrated enormous potential.

At the age of 23, he has already made a name for himself as one of La Liga’s best players.

Liverpool is pursuing the Japanese international and intends to pay a transfer fee of approximately €65 million for him.

They are also willing to give the 23-year-old £240,000 a week in salary. It is evident that the Reds are getting ready to play without Salah, who may depart the team in the summer of 2019.

Mo Salah will be hard for Liverpool to replace

Similar to Salah, Kubo is a left-footed right-winger who enjoys cutting inside to create chances and score goals.

Kubo has shown promise in La Liga, but he will need to increase his goal total to take Salah’s place.

Salah’s twenty-four goals for the Reds dwarf the seven goals the Sociedad winger scored in the previous campaign.