Fabrizio Romano says Liverpool could offer Southampton players in exchange for Romeo Lavia

Speaking to GiveMeSport, trusted Italian transfer journalist Fabrizio Romano has revealed that Liverpool are considering offering players in exchange for Southampton star Romeo Lavia.

The 19-year-old was one of the Saints’ best performers in an otherwise uninspiring 2022-23 season that saw them relegated. However, the Belgian has shone with his performances and is being courted by many top-flight clubs this summer.

With Alexis Mac Allister and Dominik Szoboszlai already signed, the Reds’ midfield overhaul has gotten off to a promising start this summer.

However, they need more additions including a defensive midfielder who can make a difference in the middle of the park and also compete with Fabinho. Lavia is still agitated but will give Liverpool two big advantages.

Not only will it be considered homegrown, but it will future-proof the location, hopefully for the next decade. While Jurgen Klopp remains a fan, Southampton’s £50m asking price remains a stumbling block.

As it stands, the Reds are unwilling to play the price and are trying to bring it down. Romano has now revealed that Liverpool will look to make up the deficit through add-ons or by offering players in exchange.

“But sources believe that maybe with a few additions or with a creative formula like bringing in players, they can find a way with Southampton to reach an agreement.”

While offering players a trade is an attractive option, the question is who do you part ways with? After sacking James Milner and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain, among others, this summer, we are running out of options.

A move to Southampton is also a step backwards as every player replaced will play in the Championship.

However, there is an opportunity here as players like Tyler Morton could help the Saints in their promotion fight and also provide them with a ready-made replacement for Lavia.

It is in our interest to loan out some of our best young talent for a season, which is a clear win-win for all parties.

In any case, it depends on whether we can find a solution that can convince Southampton to sell their protagonist.

Having done business with them in the past, this will not prove to be an easy task. Whether Liverpool will keep pushing or move on to other targets remains to be seen.

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reporter claims Liverpool will not sign a third midfielder unless one leaves first

Following Dominik Szoboszlai’s arrival at the weekend, latest reports suggest the Hungarian could be Liverpool’s last midfield signing of the summer, barring that from Anfield.

The Reds moved quickly to secure Szoboszlai’s services by including a £60million release clause in his contract well before the June 30 deadline.

Fans’ attention quickly focused on a potential new addition to the third midfielder, with Romeo Lavia heavily linked with the appointment of the next member of Jurgen Klopp’s summer rebuild.

The Southampton teenager appears to have become the Reds’ next priority with talks between the player and the club ‘making good progress’.

However, more recent suggestions suggest Liverpool will have to sell one of their current midfield options to make way for a third signing like Lavia.

James Pearce and Raphael Honigstein reported for The Athletic on Wednesday morning that one of the “current players” had to leave to make way for another midfield takeover.

The report read: “Liverpool could still sign a young centre-back if the right option presents itself, but they will not sign a third midfielder unless one of the current players leaves the club.”

While that may be the club’s public opinion, as we saw with Szoboszlai last week, things can change very quickly if the right deal becomes available.

Last Wednesday, Liverpool described the deal to sign the Hungarian as “complicated”, but he was pictured wearing the red shirt at the AXA academy on Sunday.

It comes after recent reports tentatively linked both Jordan Henderson and Thiago with a move from Anfield this summer, with the pair allegedly being targeted by parties in Saudi Arabia.

Henderson has reportedly attracted interest from new Al-Ettifaq boss Steven Gerrard, while Thiago has just one year left on his contract and there will be no renewal, while the Reds will listen to “appropriate” offers.

It remains to be seen whether the departures will really have an impact on the pursuit of Lavia or players with a similar profile. So far, Liverpool have made good progress in their summer activities, but there is still work to be done to get back to the heights we have seen them capable of.

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Liverpool is accelerating their efforts to sign ‘excellent’ 22-year-old after Szoboszlai.

Liverpool are accelerating efforts to reach an agreement with OGC Nice over the signing of Khephren Thuram.
The Reds have apparently been pursuing Thuram for the past month, with talks with agents in early June.

But despite Liverpool doing business over the next few weeks, nothing progressed under Thuram.

However, according to journalist Rudy Galetti, things could change. Galetti took to Twitter on Saturday night suggesting Liverpool are doing everything they can to get a deal over the edge.

“Liverpool are stepping things up for Khephren Thuram,” wrote the Italian journalist.

“LFC would like to close the gap with OGC Nice soon in order to get ahead of the competition from Newcastle, who are starting to move concretely for the player: the situation is changing.”

With the Reds already close to overtaking Newcastle ahead of Dominik Szoboszlai, they will be in the market for another win.
When they can’t get things done, the Magpies seem ready to attack.

Heading into Thursday, Thuram looked like the next signing at Anfield. However, after learning that Liverpool were interested in Szoboszlai, things quickly turned away from that notion. Now, it seems clear that the Hungarian will be Jürgen Klopp’s number two this summer.

The move is expected to be completed and announced later this week.

So where is Thuram? Well, early reports seem to suggest that Liverpool are still interested in signing the Frenchman. Szoboszlai’s upcoming arrival doesn’t seem to have changed that. If so, Reds fans have every reason to be happy.

The 22-year-old has been described as a “fantastic” player by former Nice coach Didier Digard [RMC Sport]. Thuram seems to have all the qualities of a modern midfielder.

But Newcastle are not to be taken lightly here. After missing out on Szoboszlai, they reportedly wanted to sign Thuram instead. With a lot of background work already done, Liverpool need to keep their foot firmly on the pedal. Let’s make another one!