28 Jun 2023 12:59:32
Hi Edd02, hearing rumours Liverpool are exploring a move for RB Leipzig midfielder Dominik Szoboszlai, have you heard anything your end to back that up? Thanks for all the work you do.

{Ed002's Note - Dominik Szoboszlai (AM/M/W) Newcastle, Arsenal, Inter Milan and Chelsea have been keen to take the very versatile player in the summer. RBL would prefer to keep the player but are open to taking a Chelsea player in part-exchange - but Chelsea will resist that whilst there is still a chance of Gvardiol possibly agreeing a move for next summer to replace Silva. And RBL are not keen to lose two or possibly three players to Chelsea this summer having already had to replace Laimer as well. I suspect Chelsea will move on to another target. Newcastle will press and have already made an offer to his agent, but will need to sell their project but they know that the €70M release clause is only valid until June 30 to that his fee can be included in this seasons FFP accounts - after that RBL can push the price up. I would discount Arsenal who have another target and am not aware of Liverpool showing any interest but they may have met his agent. If they are going to do anything it needs to be done very quickly.}

1.) 28 Jun 2023
28 Jun 2023 13:43:44
€70m so £60m seems reasonable for the current market.

2.) 28 Jun 2023
28 Jun 2023 14:39:17
Paul Joyce and David Ornstein both reporting interest. However both seem to state that the price is quite high. Wait and see on this one, if anything is to happen it will be in the next few days (as Ed002 has said and the reports have said his RC expires after June 30).

Thuram still being mentioned alongside Romeo Lavia too. All good midfielders at least!

3.) 28 Jun 2023
28 Jun 2023 21:00:51
FSG won’t go for a player at £60m. Apparently we can win leagues with unproven younger talent these days.

4.) 28 Jun 2023
28 Jun 2023 22:03:09
@Hessle

Nunez, VVD, Alisson all cost over £60m.

But don’t let that get in the way of your agenda.

5.) 28 Jun 2023
28 Jun 2023 22:27:55
Maybe we should just overpay for players Hessle.

6.) 29 Jun 2023
29 Jun 2023 12:42:06
Ed, what may have happened here that kept Liverpool from knowing about this release clause until the last 72 hours before it expired? It seems so odd to me that this stuff gets acted on in such haste, or is there more to this?

{Ed002's Note - I have no idea why Liverpool did not know. Other clubs did.}

7.) 29 Jun 2023
29 Jun 2023 20:18:57
Thanks, Ed! Even the most concise replies say a lot. Appreciate the info as always.