Fabrizio Romano CONFIRMS Liverpool's 'genuine interest' to agree £65m deal

Fabrizio Romano confirms that Liverpool have a 'genuine interest' in pushing for a £65m deal. The Reds are putting plans in motion.

Liverpool's January plans are in motion with just a few weeks before the transfer window opens. It's one that they have to get right after struggling to put together a functional team over the summer.

The Reds spent an awful lot of money - record-breaking amounts - in an attempt to overhaul and improve a title-winning squad. However, they haven't really achieved that.

More work needs to happen, it seems, and they'll give that a go in the winter window. A centre-back almost certainly needs to arrive, for instance, after Giovanni Leoni's injury.

But that's not all. Liverpool also need to deal with the fact they never replaced Luis Diaz on the wing, while Mo Salah also doesn't have proper backup - a problem given he's off to the Africa Cup of Nations.

It sounds as though the club may have chosen the answer to that problem, however.

Liverpool want Antoine Semenyo

Fabrizio Romano confirms that Liverpool do have ‘genuine interest’ in signing Antoine Semenyo from Bournemouth. The Ghanian is expected to leave the Cherries in 2026 thanks to a release clause in his contract.

That clause is worth £65m, per the BBC, but drops down a bit next summer. Semenyo is very much available, then - but Liverpool are far from the only team keeping an eye on that.

“[There’s] genuine interest but there are more clubs also keen,” says Romano to Give Me Sport. "It’s going to be a race also with more sides, depending on what the player wants to do.”

So that’s the big one - figuring out what Semenyo actually wants to do. The winger’s form has slowed down a little since the start of the season but he remains one of the most in-demand players in the Premier League.

For £65m, teams will hope to find someone able to kick on another level in a ‘better’ squad. Liverpool would certainly need him to do that if he’s to fill in for Salah at all.

This is unquestionably one of the biggest stories of the winter window and the Reds are right in the midst. Will they get Semenyo over the line?

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