Liverpool named as suitors for £65m forward as Jordan Henderson helps fans make Jude Bellingham plea

Liverpool named as suitors for £65m forward as Jordan Henderson helps fans make Jude Bellingham plea

Liverpool Echo Sports·2021-09-07 18:00

Welcome to our Liverpool.com media watch piece. Maybe not the first, we've definitely done transfer round-ups before, and European round-ups, so I guess in some ways it's not that new at all. Anyway, we thought we would enter the world of football in a broad and roundabout manner for you and have some fun with some of the stories and captions doing the daily rounds.***Naby Keïta caught up in attempted coupThe Liverpool midfielder has missed plenty of matches during his time at Anfield, but never before for a reason like this.The World Cup qualifier between Guinea and Morocco was postponed by FIFA after an attempted coup in Guinea's capital Conakry.As well as Keïta, Wolves' Romain Saiss, QPR's Ilias Chair, Watford's Imran Louza and Adam Masina and PSG's Achraf Hakimi were also affected by the political situation, according to Sky Sports.Keïta and all of the other players involved are safe and will return to their clubs as soon as possible.Read MoreRelated ArticlesRead MoreRelated ArticlesSoldiers in Guinea claim they have dissolved the government of President Alpha Conde and its constitution, as well as closed all land and air borders.Liverpool named as Haaland suitorsSpanish outlet Diario Madridsta claim that Real Madrid will have to compete with Liverpool, Manchester United and Manchester City in order to secure the signing of Norwegian forward Erling Haaland next summer.Real Madrid would like to sign both Kylian Mbappé and Haaland to bolster their ranks, but a challenge on either front from Liverpool remains difficult. The finances involved to sign either superstar would be enormous, even if both players would have a huge sell-on price at some point in the future.Haaland would cost £65m in a transfer fee next summer, but his wages and agent's fees would make that sum considerably larger.Salah talks continueLiverpool remain in discussions over a new deal for Mohamed Salah, but the ECHO report that the Egyptian is NOT demanding half a million pounds per week, as had been suggested over the weekend.Read MoreRelated ArticlesRead MoreRelated ArticlesThe Reds would never have agreed to paying that sort of sum for any player given it is more than double what any of their current contracts include.Salah is happy at Anfield and Liverpool, of course, like him to stay.Ousmane Dembélé chanceBarcelona are attempting to get the former Borussia Dortmund winger to sign a new deal in Spain, with his current contract expiring at the end of the season.According to the Daily Mail, Barcelona are having trouble doing that given their financial restrictions, and may have to sell the Frenchman in January if he doesn't agree to their terms to avoid losing him for nothing.Having signed him for £98m in 2017 as they panicked after losing Neymar, Barcelona could do without another embarrassment in the transfer market.But Antoine Griezmann's return to Atletico Madrid a week or so ago proves anything is possible in the current economic climate.England beat AndorraEngland beating a nation with less than a fifth of the population size of Liverpool is hardly a big achievement, but there were other reasons to tune in last night to watch Gareth Southgate's side.The Trent Alexander-Arnold midfield experiment was not a complete success by any stretch of the imagination (though it was not the ideal opponent to properly test it against), but there was another reminder of just how good Jude Bellingham is.The Dortmund starlet has been linked with Liverpool for some time, and those links will not go away until he moves somewhere, with a Premier League return inevitable at some point.Bellingham commented a flame and 'captain' emoji on Jordan Henderson's Instagram post, which led plenty of Liverpool fans to say the same thing: come to Anfield.Even if Jürgen Klopp wants him, though, Bellingham cost £30m to sign from Birmingham City. Getting him out of the Bundesliga will not come cheaply.Read MoreRelated ArticlesRead MoreRelated Articles

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