Liverpool set for UNEXPECTED £50m transfer boost

Tottenham were left deflated by the Morgan Gibbs-White transfer saga that never was.

The North London club had been confident of landing the England midfielder after apparently triggering his Nottingham Forest buyout clause.

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But Forest had the last laugh - stunning the football world by tying the 25-year-old down to a new, multi-year contract instead.

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Spurs under new head coach Thomas Frank have added Mohammed Kudus, Kevin Danso, Mathys Tel, Kota Takai, and Luka Vuksovic in this summer’s transfer window.

Elliott emerges as MGW alternative

But Gibbs-White was seen as a landmark arrival and his loss means the Lilywhites will need to focus their attentions elsewhere. And according to a new report in TBR Football Liverpool’s Harvey Elliott is a leading candidate to arrive.

“Elliott is capable of featuring both as a right winger and as a number ten, which would make him a great squad option for Thomas Frank, plus he would be homegrown,” the report reads.

The 22-year-old is available for transfer this summer with only two years left on his contract. Richard Hughes, the Liverpool sporting director, is optimistic of earning £50m on the England under-21 international, who has been at Anfield since 2019.

Elliott pushed down the pecking order

Since the club signed Florian Wirtz, it leaves Elliott even further down the pecking order - and he only made TWO Premier League starts last season.

Mo Salah, Dominik Szoboszlai and Jeremie Frimpong, meanwhile, are other star performers in Elliott’s preferred positions on the right and in attacking midfield.

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Elliott admitted in a previous interview that it’s time to be “selfish” in his career - having only been a bit-part player at Anfield. West Ham have also been linked with the playmaker but up to now have been either unwilling or unable to meet the transfer fee.

RB Leipzig were another team tipped to move for Elliott this summer, who has also got admirers at Newcastle.

The other players in the mix for Spurs are Alejandro Garnacho of Manchester United, Jacob Ramsey of Aston Villa and Manchester City’s James McAtee.

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£50m could prove to be very useful for Richard Hughes as he plots a way forward in the super-expensive Alexander Isak deal.

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