Arne Slot ready to backtrack on £30m summer transfer deal

Liverpool’s centre-back situation is evolving.

Last summer we saw Giovanni Leoni arrive on a £26m deal from Parma. And in the winter transfer window Richard Hughes wrapped up moves for Noah Adekoya and Mor Talla Ndiaye.

That pair will first go into Rob Page’s under-21 side where they will be joined in summer by another promising teenager in Ifeanyi Ndukwe.

The biggest confirmed centre-back deal however concerns Jeremy Jacquet. The 20-year-old will come on board from Rennes after the Premier League champions secured a deal worth around £62m.

Liverpool signing several centre-backs

Outgoing movement is expected too.

Senior options like Ibrahima Konate and Joe Gomez could depart - leaving Arne Slot’s side a little light on experienced figures.

The club have been tipped to conclude a move for an experienced figure in order to help the transition. And one name seems to be now emerging above all others - and it’s one that will be very familiar to Liverpool supporters.

Premier League title-winner Jarell Quansah left Anfield last summer for Bayer Leverkusen in a deal worth £30m. But crucially Hughes secured a buyback clause with the German club and it looks likely that Liverpool will trigger it in 2027.

Deal agreed for Quansah return

According to a report in Football Insider a pre-contract agreement has already been tied up with the England international - who has been a mainstay in the Bundesliga and Champions League this term.

The 23-year-old is exactly the kind of figure that could help with easing in the next generation - and replace Virgil van Dijk who is set to leave in 2027.

“Qaunsah’s return to Anfield can be sealed with a pre-agreed fee, and the contract and paperwork are already in place for the transfer to go through,” the report reads.

Arne Slot will BACKTRACK on Quansah sale

The report claims that Arne Slot signed off Quansah’s sale last summer after the centre-back fell out of favour.

He made only appeared 13 times across the title-winning top-flight campaign - but it looked like the Anfield side’s head coach is ready to give Quansah another chance by “backtracking” on last summer’s deal.

“The Dutchman decided at the end of the campaign that the 23-year-old’s services were no longer needed at Anfield, although he could now be about to backtrack on that,” the report states.

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